Ahh..you know, Krugman writes op-ed pieces for the NYT - so whatever he says has the hammer and sickle stamp of the mouthpiece of the DNC. Can't go by that.

I dunno, Joe - I think he's right, the way things are going, we could all ending up living like a bunch of Latvians...

Wait a minute, where in the hell is Latvia...:huh:...and how does their GNP compare to ours? Don't know if I'd use Iceland as a prime example either.

Well, with that 1.3 mil Nobel prize, that should stave off his fears of recession.

Yup, just what the world needs - another pundit :hs:

The people of Latvia suffer the most clinical depression of any country.