Though the gap between prediction rhetoric and achievment is widespread in science - serious and otherwise.

promiscuous associativity? This has the advantage of sounding clumsy and so might be taken up by philosophers ;-)

Maybe not a "pangloss journal"... but "Pangloss Reports" probably has a future 😉

Mind you, simplistic discussion of the economy is endemic among politicians - rather like arguing over how to fix a complicated engine by pressing the brake or the accelerator :-/

He got there, finally with health care... ‘Nobody knew health care could be so complicated’. He just needs some time to learn via trial and error.

new one developing...

- avoiding the spend/tax trade-off by growing the economy

Course at: www.futurelearn.com/courses/peop...
Project and other materials at: actiss-edu.eu

OK, but the categorisation by YouGov might be who they last voted for and their opinion based on the current policies/rhetoric. That is reasonable

Sorry, what has considering competence have to do with registering failed predictions? Are you thinking about a particular incident here?

Countries trusting each other and cooperating.... nah!

...I have a few questions about your Chicago model... ;-)

Only seems to be the cover and front matter to me, unless I am doing something wrong.

A litmus test? Is your humour acid or alkali? ;-)

True, I was thinking of European countries with more of a safety net.

Surely, we are already post-scarcity in developed countries. This is what it is like... we find other things to worry about and compete for (e.g. status)

I had a (deliberately funny) acknowledgement from a colleague on the lines of "we wish to thank... for their helpful comments and guidance. Needless to say none of these are responsible for any mistakes in the paper. I would also like to thank Bruce Edmonds" :-D