ClaimsTyler Cowen

“But again, I don’t think it will vanish.”

Tyler Cowen, interviewee 4 March 2026 Forecast 2050 - Tyler Cowen Transcript (Finn Murphy Substack) archived copy

Prediction Economics and markets

The World Bank will not vanish but will become much smaller.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

No horizon given; 'much smaller' undefined.

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Tyler Cowen, “The World Bank will not vanish but will become much smaller.” (said 4 March 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_0412150c2fbe, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0412150c2fbe

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