What Krugman has done is given legitimacy to a massive heist of billions out of our pocketbooks into the voracious treasuries of the oil industry and the transfer of our nation's wealth to malign regimes who are a danger to our values and future.
It is no coincidence that such populist tub-thumping parties — often anti-immigrant and conservative, but by no means limited to the far right — have seized headlines as Europe's economic crisis has bitten deeply not only into pocketbooks but also into the reputation of the political elite.
In the back of the car, she had reached into her pocketbook and torn the list up into tiny pieces and the swallowed it despite her mouth being dry with fear.
She handed over $10, and then tucked the souvenir into her pocketbook.
She reached into her pocketbook and handed over the stubs from her $85 tickets.
Because I'm a Jamaican, frankly, I decided I was not going into my pocketbook to give him an ID".
"It's going to eat into my pocketbook," said Mr. Grimm, 79. "But I've been there all my life, I figure I'll finish it there".
