In A 1966 article for Newsweek, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson remarked that the stock market had forecast “nine of the past five recessions”. I like to think my record is somewhat less patchy, but alas I’m not referring to negative growth. At least, not of the economic variety. I’m talking about hair loss.
Everywhere I go — on the Tube, in the pub, even the office — I see receding hairlines. Now, there are a great many things I fail to predict. I’m useless at guessing who the killer is in even the most basic of murder mysteries and I’ve no idea who’ll win the next election, despite reading psephological Substacks for pleasure. But I have a keen eye for spotting early-stage baldness.
