[1590] Of Khairy is an economist?

People have been speaking of The Malaysian Insider and I thought it should check it out. The first read however made me frown:

The Malaysian Insider understands that Khairy — who until recently was being touted as the next Umno Youth chief and a future minister — could be looking at giving up his position in the youth movement, signaling probably the end of a meaningful political career for the country’s fastest rising star.

In the days after the Opposition took control of five states and denied the ruling coalition its traditional two-thirds majority in Parliament, the knives were being sharpened for the back of the Oxford-educated economist… [Is Khairy Jamaludin on the way out? The Malaysian Insider. March 12 2008]

Oh, c’mon… Khairy Jamaludin is not an economist for the same reason why Tony Pua is not either.

People just need to stop using the noun economist too liberally. There are many economics graduates whom hesitate to call themselves as economists but yet, people like Khairy get the honor just like that without even practicing it professionally. What bull. Who wrote that article?