Posts Tagged ‘Paul Krugman’

Mercy Mercy Me (The Economy)

Friday, December 12th, 2008

I have never actually seen a ghost—at least, not the kind that leaves you shaking in your shoes, white as a sheet, with eyes as big as saucers in a face that looks permanently stricken. But yesterday I spent about 45 minutes watching someone who obviously had. I thought I would try to learn something [...]

What Rough Beast

Monday, October 27th, 2008

In the darkness before sunrise I got up, put the kettle on for tea, and went to the computer for a first pass at headlines and email. It was a bit early for poetry, but my eyes were caught by a snatch of it, in all places on the New York Times op-ed page. My [...]