Links: 2009-02-20

The Austrian Economists: Rick Santelli Rant

Ken Rogoff says Fed needs to set inflation target of 6pc to help ease crisis – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph

Japan department store sales down 9.1% in January – Japan Economy News & Blog

FT.com | Willem Buiter’s Maverecon | Home loans in the US: the biggest racket since Al Capone?

Economist’s View: “What Would Galbraith Say?”

Marginal Revolution: What to think of Obama’s housing plan

Caroline Baum Five Easy Pieces Plan Flies Over Cuckoo’s Nest: Caroline Baum

After Manhattan’s Office Boom, a Hard Fall – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

Nestle ’08 sales growth beats goal, confident for ’09 | Reuters

Teck Cominco Seeks Asset Sales to Pay Debt – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

Who the f@#! is Howard Schultz? – World, Business – Independent.ie

Analysis: Lost jobs make ripples, not waves, in China – National Post

HOW TO GUIDE: 60+ Great How To Sites and Resources

Social Networking Craze Harming Peoples Health – The Next Web

nrc.nl – Economie – IJsland betaalt niet alles terug

Berlusconi no descarta nacionalizar bancos como medida para paliar la crisis | elmundo.es

FTD.de – Krise in Osteuropa: Österreichs offensive Banken

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