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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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