In addition to the economic forecasters contradicting Flaherty’s ludicrous claim that “nobody… not one economist” predicted the global recession — wickedly pointed out by “Grit Girl” in the widely circulating video shown below — I’d add the following individuals who were well ahead of the curve on this: Bill White, formerly of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank for International Settlements; Harvard University’s Ken Rogoff; Nouriel Roubini of New York University; Wynne Godley of Cambridge; Bernard Connolly of AIG Financial Products; and of course Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital.
Doesn’t Sunny Jim realize that 65 percent of Canadians aren’t gullible rubes?