Is The Economist Always Wrong?

I think the question was wrong. The problem is that the important things are wrong and the trivial things are right, which causes confusion.

Repost of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791799 (with 63 comments)

Please don't put anything with the paywall here.

The tricky thing about predictions made by public entity or persona is that, the fact that they are making public predictions creates a major influence on the outcome itself. People react to predictions made by them.

I'd love to know if "the pink" has the same problem because I used to find the editorial very good. As a non-investor, left leaning voter, it interested me that I found much to agree with in "the financial times" while still finding much to disagree with in "the times" and "the daily telegraph" and "the spectator" -as if money was more neutrally stanced on left-vs-right.