paine's hubris knows no bounds

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/07/in-support-of-a-european-banking-union-done-properly-a-manifesto-by-economists-in-germany-austria-an.html

running the table at thoma's

" hybris, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hybris often indicates a loss of contact with reality  and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of zero  power."