Remember the famous 2002 debate between Joe Stiglitz and Ken Rogoff? Well, they seem to be in agreement with each other now — World Bank, Reuters 1, Reuters 2
5 Myths about America’s Credit Card Debt — WaPo
“Books are, within reasonable limits, demand-inelastic” — TBM
Cost Dispute Halts Airlift of Injured Haiti Quake Victims — NYT
Amazon buys ebooks from publishers at $10-$14 wholesale, says Blodget — SAI
Treasury Removes Embarrassing Line From Mortgage Modification Report — Atlantic
Somali Pirates Plan to Send Treasures Taken from Rich Countries to Haiti — Racewire
iPad v. A Rock — TechCrunch
Brad Tuttle is even more defeatist than me when it comes to regulating credit cards — Time
Me, on Ingrassia and Maynard, in the NYT Book Review — NYT
Modern art is rubbish — BBC
We Have Seen The Amazing Future Of Apple’s iPad And This Is It — SAI
You didn’t buy back your stock at $50, so why are you buying it now at $125? — 24/7 Wall St
Beautiful visualization of fonts and ink — Flowing Data
Smart take by Sean Park on why the VC world ignores finance in favor of tech — Park Paradigm
Rather than face reality and open their books, Dubai and Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum tell S&P to get stuffed — Ian Fraser
Zero Hedge thinks that Morgan Stanley’s research is excellent. So they pass it off as their own — Davian
You thought bank PRs were bad about forcing hacks to “check quotes” etc? Just check out the PRs for UK C-list celebs! — 3am
How To Report The News on TV — YouTube