Krugman The Comedian

Paul Greenberg must have really enjoyed writing this column:

Then there's the language in which Dr. Krugman sends out his jeremiads. It is, in a word, hilarious — if unintentionally so.

For example:

"And when the chickens that didn't hatch come home to roost, we will rue the days when, misled by sloppy accounting and rosy scenarios, we gave away the national nest egg."

Greenberg:

Try to visualize those chickens that didn't hatch coming home to roost [...]

I am trying but just can't seem to do it!