The crummy economy is good for psychics:

If this sounds like the advice of a financial planner or an economist, think again. It's a reading from psychic medium Roxanne Usleman.

As the economy tanks, Usleman's business is booming.

And, too, for Mark Zandi:

It's an open question whether the stimulus bill can lift the nation's ailing economy. But this much is certain: It's a bonanza for the career of Mark Zandi.

Hmmm ... I wonder if they have more in common than negative income elasticities of demand for their services.

Previous posts on Zandi's psychic insights are here and here; here's Arnold Kling: "I hereby throw my shoe at Mark Zandi."