Edgar Fiedler
Edgar Fiedler
Edgar Russell Fiedler was an American economist who served as Vice President of The Conference Board and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policyduring the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth21 April 1929
CountryUnited States of America
growth statistics sense-of-humor
Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.
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When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't know the answer either.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers..
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Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard..
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If you have to forecast, forecast often..
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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Forecasters tend to learn less and less about more and more, until in the end they know nothing about everything.
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He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.