What’s good for the goose is good for the Chancellor

Posted By Cara Parks Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 3:36 PM Share

 

Above, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will give the keynote address at Davos tomorrow, receives an effigy of a golden goose during Germany's annual carnival season. What you can't see is the crowd of Greek pensioners hovering in the background, plotting to steal the goose in the hopes of extracting magical golden eggs from within it.

Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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