Critic to economist: In yet another of your bumbling forecasts, last year you predicted that this country' s economy would soon go into recession if current economic policies were not changed  Instead, economic growth is even stronger this year  Economist: There was nothing at all bumbling about my warning
Indeed, it convinced the country' s leaders to change economic policies, which is what prevented a recession
indicating that the state of affairs on which the economist's prediction was conditioned did not obtain