The week in review at Credit Writedowns: 2009-12-04

I will try to make it easier in future for readers to get an overview of the content available on Credit Writedowns by posting a week in review post like this. That way, you can drill down into the bits of the most well-received posts of the week at your leisure over the weekend. Let me know if you have any wishes for inclusion in these week in review posts.

Thanks for reading.

Most read

• The bust in Dubai and exogenous shocks
• Australian Professor in Japan makes case for protectionism against China
• Americans say forget about works programs and go for protectionism
• John Hussman on Reckless Myopia
• New Citigroup maven Buiter warns of sovereign debt delusion
• On the sovereign debt crisis and the debt servicing cost mentality
• Cease and desist and other FDIC administrative orders
• Quantitative easing is not the cure to what ails Europe
• Are we pushing on a string or crowding out?
• Privately-owned AmTrust’s bankruptcy a bad sign for regionals
• Bank failures in Georgia crushing small business and home owners
• James Galbraith: How financial stability creates instability

Links

• News from around the web: 2009-11-28
• News from around the web: 2009-11-30
• News from around the web: 2009-12-01
• News from around the web: 2009-12-02
• Non-financial news from around the web: 2009-12-03
• Financial news from around the web: 2009-12-03
• News from around the web: 2009-12-04
• Non-financial news from around the web: 2009-12-04

Economic Data

• Nationwide: UK house prices up for seventh straight month
• More bullish data from manufacturing
• Jobless claims fall to lowest this year
• Unemployment rate recedes as worst of this downturn is over
• Inventories are now rising