Maybe, but Barron's also has plenty of day-trader hype. How do you separate the good long-term predictions in Barron's from the bad ones? Read someone else. (You can optimize the process by skipping Barron's entirely.)
There are domains where I feel I can judge an argument solely on its content. Predicting the economy isn't one of them. While I can discard some bogus arguments, there are plenty of coherent and self-consistent arguments pointing in different directions. So I have to consider the source.
I'm still not sure why you'd weigh his opinion higher, he may be honest or have experienced more recessions than you have, but why not find an old columnist who doesn't lie? His lack of consideration for the other parts of the economy like real estate, etc. and his focus on startups to me seems like a handicap and not something that makes his economic predictions more accurate.
