Recession was inevitable, economists said. Here’s why they were wrong

In an August 2022 CNBC interview, Steve H. Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University economics professor, predicted: “We’re going to have one whopper of a recession in 2023.” In April 2023, he repeated the warning: “We know the recession is baked in the cake,” he said. Many other economists also…

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