Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people change definition

Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by ChrisLomont on Monday August 01, 2022 @08:32AM (#32305052)

There's historical evidence that calling something a recession, if it is not, tends to push it into a recession.

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by bluefirebrand on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:31AM (#32305687)

It seems unlikely that theres sufficient evidence to claim causality here.

Honestly? If you say "we're in a recession" and then it turns out it is or becomes a recession, it sounds like you were right. Not that you caused it.

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by ChrisLomont on Monday August 01, 2022 @05:20PM (#32312171)

Here's but one of many papers https://www.jstor.org/stable/29794227.

Dig through google scholar using terms like "confidence" and "recession" to find many more.

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by checkyoursudo on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:55AM (#32305972)

This contradicts my best evidence based on the widespread joke that "economists have predicted nine of the last five recessions." Big, if true.

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by ChrisLomont on Monday August 01, 2022 @05:20PM (#32312174)

Here's but one of many papers https://www.jstor.org/stable/29794227.

Dig through google scholar using terms like "confidence" and "recession" to find many more.

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by ccvannorman on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:25AM (#32305613)

This seems like a great example of anti-data .. do you have any source at all to back this up?

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Re:Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people chang... by ChrisLomont on Monday August 01, 2022 @05:20PM (#32312175)

Here's but one of many papers https://www.jstor.org/stable/29794227.

Dig through google scholar using terms like "confidence" and "recession" to find many more.

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