Free-Market Analysis: In this article, we want to examine the dominant social theme of "expertise." This meme is much in the news these days because the Internet itself is making the elite's promotion of the "expert" increasingly untenable. Whether it is vaccinations (see other article this issue), archeology (a network of drowned cities around the world that are as yet resolutely unexplored) or high-finance itself, the truth-telling of the Internet is undermining the common wisdom and providing alternatives to expert perspectives.

 

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