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Morning Links: 2009-08-20

By Edward Harrison on 20 August 2009

The misunderstanding of "debt-fueled consumption" – Rebecca Wilder

Economist’s View: "The Rationing Canard"

Bronte Capital: Health Care Reform and single payer – an Australian perspective

Obama should shift on healthcare – FT

What Americans really want in healthcare reform – James Pethokoukis

Five Years Later, Google Proves the Skeptics Wrong – Deal Journal – WSJ

Toyota raises 2009 global production target | The Japan Times Online

Democracy from above will not work this time – FT

America cannot resolve global imbalances on its own – FT

Antarctic Glacier Thinning At Alarming Rate

American Health Care Once Again – Gary Becker

America’s Japanese banks – Rolfe Winkler

Falling through the health care cracks – Lynn Parramore

Economist’s View: "The Public Option as a Signal"

Newspaper Industry Ad Revenue at 1965 Levels : CJR

Yet another discussion on the Asian savings glut hypothesis, and why it matters – Michael Pettis

China’s fiscal stimulus fading fast – FT Alphaville

Cost control not coverage is the key to health reform – FT

Robert Rubin in Hell – The Daily Beast Hat tip Alphaville

Coming Soon: Banking Crisis of Historic Proportions — John Lounsbury

Why the health care debate is so important regardless of one’s view of the "public option" – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com

Demand for gold slumps to six-year low – Telegraph

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