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For yourself? Study economics until you can properly trust or distrust the experts.
For other people, ignore or study, but don't engage.
And, to expand on your point, study economics until you can properly identify the experts. In a field with such strong political implications status is not necessarily (or even often) assigned according to object level competence.
Study the field until you determine whether there are experts. Can anyone successfully predict outcomes?