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Unicorns and projections
Thursday, November 19, 2009“Off the Chart” talks about how recent unemployment rate predictions turned out to be way off the mark. The reason: “Reality has produced numbers of its own.”
And that’s the problem with projections. Reality is a terrible collaborator. No matter how much you try to work with it, it has a mind of its own. And it never listens to you.
Plus, it’s easier to be a cheerleader than a doomsayer — es...
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