“In my Economist days, I had a very fine colleague who dismissed contemptuously anyone who suggested – as someone invariably did – that we should publish a piece just before Christmas on how special, pivotal or momentous a particular year had been,” Analyst Bill Emmott stated “He was right, for calendar years are artificial constructs and something important tended to happen during each and every one, so getting into the habit of writing “why 1998/2008/2018 was a significant year” risked quickly becoming self-ridiculing,” he went on saying. This is a judgment that needs to be used sparingly, if it is…
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