Opinion of the Day: Paul Krugman on America's Polish-Style Collapse

The Editors Feb 8, 2010
"Instead of fraying under the strain of imperial overstretch, we’re paralyzed by procedure. Instead of re-enacting the decline and fall of Rome, we’re re-enacting the dissolution of 18th-century Poland."
 
--Paul Krugman, The New York Times

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