Matt Miller on the Decadence of the Western Intellectual Class

Actually Matt Miller was ostensibly writing in the Washington Post about the "decadence of the Western governing class," but he was inadvertently telling readers much more about the failure of people who pass for intellectuals in public debate. Miller passes for somewhat of an expert on economic and budget policy, yet this column asked posed two amazing questions for readers:

"According to the IMF, China's GDP per capita is about $8,400. The United States' is about $48,000. How can it be...