The ECONOMIST once said that when one forecasts, one can say what's going to happen or when -- but not both.
On 2/18/08, Rudy Fichtenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it was John K. Galbraith who said something like: When it comes > to forecasting there are two kinds of economists: those who know that > they don't know and those that don't. > > Rudy > > Sandwichman wrote: > > On 2/18/08, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> no-one can predict the future. > >> > > > > I thought it was, "it's tough to make predictions -- especially about > > the future," or something like that. > > > > > > -- > > Sandwichman > > > > -- > Rudy Fichtenbaum > Professor of Economics > Chief Negotiator AAUP-WSU > Wright State University > Dayton, OH 45435-0001 > 937-775-3085 > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
