Despair, American Style
The New York Times
November 9, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Paul Krugman
Despair, American Style
The New York Times
November 9, 2015
In this article Krugman discusses the darkness that is spreading over society and its unknown origin. He states that Americans are directly or indirectly killing themselves, suicide is up along with drug poisoning and liver disease caused by excessive drinking. Krugman also discusses the pattern that is shown across the United States; in the North and in California life expectancy is high and rising at a steady rate whereas in the "Bible Belt" life expectancy is low and stagnant. Krugman explores all the possible answers to the questions he poses and uses this idea of asking the reader questions to push his idea across and keep the reader interested in what is going on. I've seen this approach in a lot of authors and I think that it's quite effective. Krugman gives an unbiased opinion on whatever he is discussing and I think that is something to look up to.
Despair, American Style
The New York Times
November 9, 2015
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Dear Mr. Krugman,
ReplyDeleteReading your article was interesting because I have never heard of this rising statistic. Your unbiased approach was refreshing and gave me a clear view on what your point was about the topic however, I was left with wanting to know your opinion on how to fix this growing epidemic. So, the world would like to know (maybe it's just me) but what is your solution?
Cole,
ReplyDeleteThis article is different from other pundits, discussing something not political, not to mention something people don't like to think about. His observations about geographical life expectancy in America is interesting, I've never heard anything about that before.
Bailey