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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.
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.
infoglut by ari100 February 25, 2009