Comments on: 105. And to scare you even more…

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:43:01 +0000

Dear Lubos

is may be testifiable – by testimonies – and it will be testable.

Indeed so, thanks, fixed.

I don?t think that there?s anything that should be called a “crisis” around.

By “around” you mean Czechia? If yes, then sorry to say, but this is because you live in suburbia. In Finland (which is also suburbia of course) there are some signs though, like growing unemployment rate, also, Nokia is not doing that well it used to.

There are no signs of slowing GDP here and the national policies are such that it is not being planned.

As you said, my prediction is testable and falsifiable, so let us wait about 6 to 12 months.

Cheers,
Dmitry.

By: Lubos Motl

Lubos Motl — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:08:01 +0000

Dear Dmitry, is may be testifiable – by testimonies – and it will be testable. But it might also be falsifiable and I bet it will be falsified. I don’t think that there’s anything that should be called a “crisis” around. There are no signs of slowing GDP here and the national policies are such that it is not being planned. Reduction of the interest rates etc. may be enough. Best, Lubos

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:07:32 +0000

Hi Lubos

Let me make a testable prediction: the traffic will also drop in Czechia (as well as in other EU countries) in a couple of months The reason, I think, is that the overall EU economy reacts slower to crisis.

Cheers,
Dmitry.

By: Lubos Motl

Lubos Motl — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:45:13 +0000

In Czechia, the roads seem to be more full than what I remember. The reason is arguably the gasoline price drop – which is more modest in CZK but still substantial, from a CZK 32 peak to CZK 25 or so. People are driving like mad.