Sunday, July 03, 2005

There's a pair of them in it

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, appropriately mocked here, here, and here, advises all countries to mimic the Irish economic miracle:

Follow the Leapin' Leprechaun

The paperback fiction bestseller list in the Republic of Ireland:

2. Where Rainbows End, Cecelia Ahern

Thus the embodiment of our Anglo-Saxon free market economy, with one engine of growth being chick-lit novels by the Taoiseach's daughter, with a title brilliantly and subtly referenced by Mr Friedman.

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