Attention attention, ego getting inflated again:)

Another great performance from your friendly neighborhood economist, including one gold...

And one silver:

This is the second time I am making it to the coveted (or not so coveted) most popular spot. I had achieved that with my Wikileaks column as well, which had attracted even more comments...

In addition, I got at least a couple of dozen tweets- I am not sure because Daily News' counter seems to freeze after 15 tweets, a number I had reached early in the morning. Even more notable was how quick I entered the charts: I usually have to wait until the afternoon, when my American readers wake up, to make it to the top 10, but this time I was in the lists early in the morning, meaning that the column had got quite bit of interest from Turks, or at least residents of Turkey.

But there is no need to overreact; as I told reader Kursat, who was congratulating me on my column receiving growing attention: I am glad to have my columns read and make it into the Daily News Top 10. But at the end of the day, popularity isn't everything. I could come up with a controversial topic like today's and make it to the top three every week.... Anyway, next week I am thinking of writing about the mistaken idea that fiscal policy was tight in the first quarter of this year. I am sure that one will not be as well-read, even if I manage to come up with an eye-catching title...