A few weeks ago I had a Skype chat with Tim Harford, the “Undercover Economist” for Britain’s Financial Times. He was working on an article for the FT on forecasting, and wanted my perspective as an academic forecaster. I mostly talked about what makes some things more predictable than others, as discussed in this blog post. In the end, his article headed in a different direction, so I don’t get quoted, but it is still a good …