[fleaflicker]

Curious analogy

As a graduate student, he'd just found serious problems in a famous economic study — the academic equivalent of a D-league basketball player dunking on LeBron James.

[niggler]

These are "Harvard economists", and AFAICT Harvard has one of the strongest econ departments in the academic establishment.

[mynewwork]

And they were so close to getting it right too. Change "D-league" to "rookie year" and it's apt.