Steven Pearlstein Has Been to Ireland, Therefore He Is An Expert on Its Economy

It's always fun to have conversations with people who will proclaim themselves great experts on a country about which they may know very little because they have been there. I have encountered people who tell me poor countries are rich because they saw opulent homes and expensive restaurants on a visit, or that there is no unemployment in the middle of a downturn because every business owner they talked to couldn't find enough workers.

Steven Pearlstein gives us a wonderful example of such ar...