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Posted by tipper 2009-01-15 12:11|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I will never forget my first class in Econometrics in grad school when the professor introduced himself as a highly educated, trained and experienced economist "whose guess is as good as yours"!

Posted by Jack is Back">Jack is Back 2009-01-15 13:13|| 2009-01-15 13:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously, it doesn't qualify as a predictable science outside of SWAG, no matter how much math they throw at it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-15 15:50|| 2009-01-15 15:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Right now, the typical academic cannot imagine Obama's team doing anything stupid.

Arrogance ad absurdum?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-01-15 19:32|| 2009-01-15 19:32|| Front Page Top

#4 "Right now, the typical academic cannot imagine Obama's team doing anything stupid."

And I can't imagine them doing anything else.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-15 21:17|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-15 21:17|| Front Page Top

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