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A [new Yorker ] Is What It Has Always Been. It Combines Those Who Pursue The Truth With Those Who Pursue The Rewards Of Orthodoxy And Those Who Pursue What Is Comfortable To The Rich.

By All But The Pathologically Romantic, It Is Now Recognized That This Is Not The Age Of The Small Man.

Pundits Forecast Not Because They Know, But Because They Are Asked.

It Was Not Hard To Persuade People That The Market Was Sound; As Always In Such Times They Asked Only That The Dispiriting Voices Of Doubt Be Muted And That There Should Be Tolerably Frequent Expressions Of Confidence.

The Only Function Of Economic Forecasting Is To Make Astrology Look Respectable.