這個文章舉例的Nouriel Roubini是美國以屢屢預測經濟崩潰錯誤而臭名昭著的,大家有興趣可以去維基百科看他長長一列表的錯誤例子和得來的嘲笑性的評價。
比如下面一例
Roubini prophesied that the United States economy would decline in the final two quarters of 2009, and that the US economy would increase just 0.5% to 1% in 2010, in fact the U.S. economy in each of those six quarters increased at a 2.5% average annual rate.[39] Then in June 2009 he predicted that what he called a "perfect storm" was just around the corner, but no such perfect storm ever appeared.[40][39] In 2009 he also predicted that the US government would take over and nationalize a number of large banks; it did not happen.[41][42] In October 2009 he predicted that the price of gold "can go above $1,000, but it can't move up 20-30%"; he was wrong, as the price of gold rose over the next 18 months, breaking through the $1,000 barrier to over $1,400.[42]