Krugman's writings: as nutty as the images on the (U.K.) cover."Undignified." "Silly." That's how New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Timescolumnist Paul Krugman Paul Robin Krugman (born February 28, 1953) is an American economist. Krugman, a liberal, is currently a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. described the cover of the U.K. edition of his recent book, The Great Unraveling. The cover caters to the voracious voracious said of appetite. See polyphagia. European appetite for anti-Americanism, mimicking the nutty, cartoonish placards carried at protest rallies: Bush brandishing a wad of money, with "ENRON" tattooed on his forehead, a Hitlerian Cheney with a seeping oil mustache and the words "GOT OIL?" on hisforehead ... And that's not all: The U.K. subtitle reads, "From Boom to Bust in Three Scandalous Years." Contrast this to the U.S. version, which carries a rather more anodyne anodyne /an·o·dyne/ (an´ah-din) 1. relieving pain. 2. a medicine that eases pain. an·o·dyne n. An agent that relieves pain. text cover and the vague subtitle "Losing Our Way in the New Century." Krugman's writings can be every bit as cartoonish and nutty as the images on the cover, of course, so at least the U.K. version will get points for truth-in-advertising. |
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