Economics, schmeconomics (got that right?)
Back in the ancient days of A-Levels (well, not so very ancient, but it does seem like an absolute age ago), I did Economics. And to sustain my economic knowledge, I read economic books and journals, such as The Economist, Far Eastern Economic Review, and a brilliant book by Paul Krugman, an economist. It was essential, I told myself, for my wider knowledge of world economics, in order that I might hopefully pass my A-Level Economics exam. It was absolutely essential, even if it was a rather Sad occupation, that I familiarized myself with economic reading. And so I did.
I can no longer sustain the lie. Today, I bought a book by David Smith, Free Lunch, which is (quite simply) a book about economics. I am interested in economics. I can no longer tell myself that I need to pass my A-Level economics exam, because I have done the exam. I am not even doing Economics at university, so I have no excuse there either. Straight out, up front and no beating around the bush, I am interested in - no, fascinated by - the economics of our world today.
Oh please, somebody save me.
Incidentally, there's a sarky joke about economists that I find quite funny. They say that if you lay down all the economists in the world in a line, you'll still never reach a conclusion to your problem, hurhurhur. Oh god, I'm telling economic jokes too. Oh god.