Talk:James Dale Davidson

POV
I've put a POV check tag to the article, as it seems to be largely written using first person voice and contains questionable language (such as "suckers"), and no sources are stated. –Mysid ( talk ) 11:10, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I will revert the whole article to the last version by User:Cnwb (thus removing all POV edits by 216.230.150.7) within a week or so if no-one objects. –Mysid ( talk ) 11:15, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Some discussion about this is in my talk archive (please don't post replies there, though). –Mysid 06:51, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I've added some details on Davidson's career and also removed the "journalist" stub. Though he has co-authored some books, he is not a journalist per se.--Mantanmoreland 04:22, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

He's a scam artist or is at least affiliated with scammers. The article should be deleted. Tried to put in source link but it's on the blacklist 82.134.91.66 (talk) 20:23, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Being a "scam artist" (if that's what he is) does not preclude an entry in Wikipedia if that article is accurate. It may indeed serve as a warning to others Joalkap (talk) 14:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Predictor?
Is this claim made in "The Horn News" correct? "James is the lone economist who predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, the stock market crash of 2000 and 2008, as well as the real estate bubble that hit in 2006."137.159.184.234 (talk) 02:35, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Not really. His predictions were largely vague (or wrong) about just when these events would occur and mixed in with other predictions that turned out to be false (see article and references cited). There were many other doomsayers who made similar baskets of predictions of variable accuracy. It's a bit like the psychics who make a host of predictions for the coming year and then then tout only the ones that turned out to be right. (And Davidson is an "economist" only because he calls himself one. He has no degree in the field nor has he published in peer-reviewed economics journals. He is more accurately a financial pundit, of which the world has many.)Joalkap (talk) 14:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Presidential prediction
Clinton twice only won because of Perot's participation whose voices would otherwise go to Dole and Dole would have won. --212.186.7.98 (talk) 08:36, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

An opinion piece,
This article feels like one of the most "opinion piece" type articles on Wikipedia and seems to speak of a decline to the quality of Wikipedia.

Doesn't give a lot of information just a few negative things, so I'm trying to find more out about this guy but this seems like it was written by someone who hates him.

And therefore I'm not able to write about this guy and give context to my writing. 2001:14BA:21FE:6B00:90CB:A9D3:DE9A:5877 (talk) 20:17, 23 December 2021 (UTC)