Economist Tyler Goodspeed argues that recessions are not predictable cycles but rather random events driven by historical occurrences. After analyzing four centuries of economic data, Goodspeed concluded that attempts to forecast economic downturns are futile, likening them to superstition. He suggests that the human tendency to seek patterns in historical events leads to the persistent, yet flawed, belief in predictable business cycles. AI
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