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Scoring the economic forecasters

CHARLES WOLF, JR.

ECONOMIC FORECASTING has something in common with earthquake prediction and medical diagnostics. The phenomena are complex and imperfectly understood. The stakes are high. Enormous data sets have been collected, although questions frequently arise about their reliability.

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