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From Quotes of the Day, today:

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
- John Kenneth Galbraith

Theoretical-Physics Economics 101

From Quotes of the Day, today:

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman