“slow-acting blunderbusses”
In college I had a professor who required that we religiously read the Financial Times because, as she rather cryptically put it, “it’s the men with all the money that need to know what’s really going on.” To keep us on our toes, she would sometimes administer verbal FT pop quizzes at the start of her classes which involved her easing out from behind the lectern, removing her glasses, and staring at us while serving up raspy questions about various European Union developments, international conflicts, things that happened in the UK, etc.
After my class finished I only read the FT sporadically, but I’ve returned to it a bit lately to help me try and understand the sad, sad state of the economy. Today this pursuit yielded an editorial about economic recovery and the fallacy of over-reliance on the free market.
Any piece that uses the word “blunderbusses,” particularly in reference to world economies, gets an A+ for readability I think.
 | Published on January 2nd, 2009 | Posted by merloon |
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
It’s true. Whenever I walk past the first class section or an airplane, I inevitably see a well dressed middle-aged business man deeply focused on his fresh copy of the Financial Times. I should actually take the opportunity to find out what exactly is in there that makes you rich.