tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post2664034848334887571..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: In which Krugman borrows Martin Wolf's scalpel, possibly via Geithner Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-33633256186485503142014-06-19T09:48:14.048-04:002014-06-19T09:48:14.048-04:00Hmm, I read that as signifying simply that Geithne...Hmm, I read that as signifying simply that Geithner likes medical metaphors, not that he used this one. But I have to admit your reading is more accurate, if the wording is taken literally. It's possible that Geithner absorbed it from Wolf -- or really, that it's become a cliche. Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-58296336889353537032014-06-18T21:11:41.251-04:002014-06-18T21:11:41.251-04:00Ok, so the first one was Krugman explicitly repeat...Ok, so the first one was Krugman explicitly repeating a metaphor he had heard from Geithner: "to use one of the medical metaphors Geithner likes..."Tortfeasorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469650189842954234noreply@blogger.com