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I love this phrase “lapsed economist.”
It’s a gentle jab at a former life.
Like, “recovering alcoholic.”
Or, “former drug addict.”
I feel the same way about all that ridiculous time in school.
“I’m a lapsed economist,” he liked to tell people when they asked what he did.
–Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible