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Market vs politicians: Who will determine the true value of resurgent shilling?

The Kenyan shilling strengthened after Eurobond issuance. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

This is the golden age of economists, the high priests of social sciences.

Unlike "hard" scientists, biologists, physicists or chemists, economists rarely experiment. The variables they deal with would be hard to manipulate.

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