Here’s a piece I wrote for the Stony Brook Statesman, my alma mater and paper I wrote for & edited last year.
I tie public choice theory – how politicians act like (and therefore are) economic agents because they pursue profit-maximizing behavior. I also paint a metaphor about equilibrium theory, comparing the economy to a pool of water and explain the unintended consequences of government interferences in the market place. Then, I hang a giant question mark over the whole picture.