http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/fun-fictions-in-economics Economists pride themselves on being the serious social science, the one most deserving of status as an actual science. I will let others make the comparative assessment, but there is an awful lot of nonsense that passes as serious analysis within economics. For cheap fun, I thought I would use a nice spring afternoon to highlight some of my favorites. Myth 1: The Robots Are Taking All the Jobs Myth 2: We Are Threatened by a Declining Population Myth 3: Technology Is Shifting Income Upwards to the More Skilled Myth 4: The Government Debt Will Impoverish Our Kids Myth 5: Economy Threatening Bubbles Are Difficult to Detect Myth 6: CEOs Manipulate Share Prices with Buybacks to Maximize Shareholder Value