ari100's definitions

hackonomist

Hackonomist (hack + economist) is a derogatory term denoting
(1) a partisan (biased) economist,

(2) a political hack disguising as an economist or

(3) simply a pseudo-economist.

Paul Krugman is a leftist hackonomist.

by ari100 May 3, 2011

infoglut

Information overload

Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters added that one of the main causes of infoglut today is that we're "atomizing" content -- breaking it down into shorter forms like blog posts and Twitter feeds.

by ari100 February 25, 2009