Economists All Fired Due To Economy

Just the other day we were wondering, "What areas of the job market flourish in depressions?" and the answers were, "Repossessions, Netflix, economic analysis, and state unemployment offices, of course," but it turned out that unemployment offices are all closing. Still, it seemed plausible that economists might have a pretty good lock on a job for a while, as there is no shortage of economic information these days, and who is going to mull that shit over for the masses,bloggers?But no, economists can't get jobs any more, either, because all of the universities that hire them are going broke. [ Wall Street Journal ]