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Comment by throw0101a

> What is certain is that somewhere between 75-100% of all the predictions will be totally wrong and yet we will continue to believe the people making the incorrect predictions, especially when they reinforce our worldview.

Case in point, written over ten years ago, in November 2010:

> We believe the Federal Reserve's large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called "quantitative easing") should be reconsidered and discontinued. We do not believe such a plan is necessary or advisable under current circumstances. The planned asset purchases risk currency debasement and inflation, and we do not think they will achieve the Fed's objective of promoting employment.

* https://economics21.org/html/open-letter-ben-bernanke-287.ht...

parent throw0101a 5 years ago

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