After all, while one economist describes the method of his field, striking a note of sardonic triumph, as "spreading like a cancer," that spread has only strengthened the position of economics.

毕竟，正如一个经济学家洋洋自得地描述他的研究方法像“癌症的扩散”一样迅速蔓延，可是这种扩散只能增强经济学的地位。