I make the claim that it's the natural outcome of excessive financialization that no one understands.

That being the situation it's no surprise that distrust of the blackbox economics induces a few people to pull the random simple levers, just to see what happens. The system responds and everyone and their grandmother comes to the realization that bankers and their MBA's know as much about investment as their left big toenail. The veil of psuedo-science, heavy mathematics are just smoke and mirrors to obfuscate the simple levers.

Earning 400K a year with an advanced degree from Wharton in an esteemed financial institutiom has to be justified with mind-boggling complexity so as the title of "expert" is retained somehow.

That's not to say I agree with anyone having to pull a lever and making a fortune whenever they feel like it, nor do I think the myth of free markets should persist when it's convenient. Proper regulation, a strong hand on taxation and debt should make any economy work reasonably well, respond to shocks without resorting to voodoo and making money a product of work rather than interest.