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.
(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 03, 2011

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
