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Critical thinking fail--just because an article quotes an economist doesn't mean that economists in general believe something. A journalist can almost always find a token quote to support a position. Token quotes don't prove anything and you should not be demanding them.

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Where do you see that I was suggesting that having a quote from a single economist proves that "economists in general believe something"? My complaint was that the headline lead me to believe that I would get some perspective from at least one (and hopefully more than one) economist. Instead, it seemed to repeat the criticisms that I've read on a few random blogs (i.e. from non-economists).

You're making a straw-man argument. GiraffeNecktie isn't asserting that a quote would prove something, just that the headline "What about economists?" would lead the reader to expect the opinion of at least one economist to be referenced in the body.

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