Specialized Discipline

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science".  But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.

-- Murray Rothbard (1926 - 1995), American economist of the Austrian School, historian of both economic thought and American history, and political philosopher, The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists (1970)