"A Non-Prediction"

By Thomas Sowell

"When people learn that you are an economist, they often want you to predict which way the economy is going. There seem to be more than the usual number of calls for such predictions lately. But an economist should be more aware than others are of how hazardous such predictions can be.

One reason is that what happens in the economy is affected by what politicians do in Washington— and who can predict what politicians will do?

However, let me go out on a limb, and try to predict what politicians will not do."