The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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