Paul Krugman used "prophets of boom" and "hype springs eternal" in his New York Times column of 2002-04-30, "Herd on the Street", also published in "The Great Unraveling", p. 75.
I think Krugman is a master of the English language as well as of economics. Of the latter, his own Cassandra-like predictions have come true more often than not. The people in power didn't listen to his warnings, he was right, and they still don't listen.
