Exile on G Street: Economists Play Peripheral Role for Bush WASHINGTON -- Someone needs to stand up for the eggheads -- those academic economists who've descended from their ivory towers to serve for a few years on the White House Council of Economic Advisers. As Dana Milbank of the Washington Post reported last week, the eggheads have been banished to Bratislava. Well, OK, not Bratislava, but 1800 G St., which is almost as bad. Power in the executive branch diminishes geometrically as you move away from the Oval Office. That is why smart staffers would rather have a cupboard in...