Faldage : I know you did not write the memo but submitted it for a possible answer. But I am moved to say : Morgan Stanley gapologist Stephen Roach
if he wants to close the gap can talonologist be too far behind . .. or is it too far out!

Roach plumbs the shallows of NIPA
I've heard "plumb the depths" but the shallows ???

for all the world like the CIA economists who found the Soviets exceeding the United States in growth for 17 years.
Wasn't the Agency the entity that overestimated all things Soviet during the Cold War thereby causing USA to spend oodles more on defense than was necessary?
The spell check wants to substitute cicadas for CIA ... in this case somewhat appropriate!

Wasn't there a thread about this type of writing...memos or some such?
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