Did anyone foretell the arrival of the apocalypse?

WE are now, it appears, in the middle of a recession, if “middle” can be translated as “three or four days into”. Perhaps it’s economic jargon.

It took the ESRI until last Tuesday to point out that we’re in the recession (should we say, recessionised? in recess? just plain receding?), but then pointy-headed economists are masters of stating the obvious.

If anyone out there can find any of them on the record predicting the start of the boom, rather than the end of it, I’ll present you with a framed copy of my 1986 dole card.