Monday, May 04, 2009

Krugman cites Anecdotes

Paul Krugman's NYTimes column today includes the following throwaway paragaraph:
First things first: anecdotes about falling wages are proliferating, but how broad is the phenomenon? The answer is, very.

My question for today: can anecdotes proliferate? Is it the anecdote that is proliferating? How do they do it (I'm assuming not parthenogenesis)? I will ponder.

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