Have you ever worried that you appear insufficiently witty, suave, urbane, thoughtful and well-informed to the world at large? Time to put those fears at rest! Thanks to the backroom boffins at Coffee Shack Headquarters, now you, even you, gentle reader, can write your own Economist article. It’s easy to win friends and influence people! All you have to do is use the following handy template (delete as applicable):
1. Something has happened.
2. This is wonderful news / This is terrible news.
3. But there are dark clouds ahead / But there is a silver lining.
4. It all depends.
5. Free markets are wonderful. Regulations are dumb. You think otherwise? How charmingly naïve.
6. America is exceptional. Britain is a mess. Europe is sclerotic. Russia is authoritarian. Africa is a shambles. Asia is a mystery. Australia is sunny.
7. Aren’t free markets wonderful?
8. Back to our story. Let’s hope the dark clouds don’t overshadow the wonderful news / Let’s hope the silver lining makes up for the terrible news.
9. It all depends.
(I’m sure this has been done before, but what the heck.)
Thursday, February 04, 2010
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