What is beyond dispute is that Mr Krugman is the finest economist to become a media superstar-at least since Milton Friedman or, earlier, John Maynard Keynes turned to journalism.

• 毫无争议的是克纳格曼先生是最好的经济学家，他成了媒体的巨星至少从密尔顿弗瑞德曼或者更早的约翰梅纳德克尼斯转向报业开始。