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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by EA-3167 on Friday June 20, 2025 @11:51AM (#44328905)
While I support congestion pricing, I will say that The Economist is most notable these days a negative oracle: whatever it predicts, the opposite will happen.
Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by tekla on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:00PM (#44329012)
Such as?
Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by EGreg on Friday June 20, 2025 @11:52AM (#44328914)
The Jim Cramer of macroeconomics? :)
Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by ch4s3 on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:13PM (#44329804)
They were spot on about post covid stimulus fueling inflation.
Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by bryanlarsen on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:27PM (#44329918)
Examples? Counter-example: the Economist predicted the 2007 sub-prime crisis and housing price crash.