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This clip from last night's Daily Show offers confirming evidence for a pet theory of mine -- economists are the best straight men in comedy history. 

 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Yale's Robert Schiller:

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Next up:  trying to persuade Paul Krugman and Robert Barro to reprise the "Who's on First?" routine. 

 
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Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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