Links 08/14/2011

• Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll in Republican Presidential Race – Bloomberg

  tags: Republicans election

• White House Debates Fight On Economy – NYTimes.com

  tags: stimulus Barack Obama

• Bank of America’s Moynihan Begs Geithner to Give Him a Positive Mortgage Talking Point « naked capitalism

  tags: mortgages foreclosure

• 2005 Zuckerberg Didn’t Want To Take Over The World | TechCrunch

  tags: Facebook

• Why the Reagan Tax Cut Worked in 1981 and Why It Wouldn’t Work Today | Capital Gains and Games

  tags: taxes history

• PIMCO | Viewpoints – Policy Dithering Will Further Fuel the Crisis

  tags: banking crisis Europe sovereign debt crisis debt ceiling

• Italy calls for euro bonds as UK backs fiscal union | Reuters

  tags: Italy Britain Europe

• S&P: Debt default skeptics fueled ratings downgrade – Josh Boak – POLITICO.com

  tags: ratings agencies debt ceiling

• Standard and Poors punctures Michele Bachmann’s blissful fantasy – The Plum Line – The Washington Post

  tags: ratings agencies

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.