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Links: 2009-12-30

By Edward Harrison on 30 December 2009

Finance

Business Spectator – Was the GFC a mathematical error? – Blog – Steve Keen (hat tip Rolfe Winkler)

Keep a "Clean" Credit Card to Dig Out of Debt – Debt – Lifehacker

GM ups discounts to sell Pontiac, Saturn inventory| Reuters

FT.com – US to tax Chinese steel grating imports

On Goldman’s (and Now Morgan Stanley’s) Deceptive Synthetic CDO Practices (aka Screwing Their Customers) – Yves Smith

Politics

Why the Democrats will lose the House in 2010 | James Pethokoukis

FT.com – Paul Kennedy – Rome offers Obama a lesson in limits

Obama Moves to Curb Federal Secrets – NYTimes.com

The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill

Arianna Huffington: Move Your Money: A New Year’s Resolution

Maureen Dowd – As the Nations Pulse Races, Obama Cant Seem to Find His – NYTimes.com

Society

Not Just Tigers Temptations – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com

Sheen’s free pass – NYPOST.com

Loneliness can also lead to animal hoarding – washingtonpost.com

Older drivers face choice between safety and mobility – washingtonpost.com

Tech

Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile – Nexus one – Gizmodo

With Nexus One, Is Google Eating Its Own Dogfood Or Its Own Children? – Tech Crunch

Today’s Bread and Circus feature: Pop culture test

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