- China tries to curb lending and avoid overheating| Reuters
- Bruce Krasting: Consequences of the Mass. Election
- O’Malley aims to limit Maryland budget cuts – washingtonpost.com
- FiveThirtyEight: Let’s Play the Blame Game!
- Almost half of young black people are jobless, says study | Business | The Guardian
- Fifty years on: house prices outstrip earnings – but toilets move inside | Money | The Guardian
- Those less motivated to achieve will excel on tasks seen as fun
- Short Sale ‘Fraud’ Follow – CNBC
- $64.2 Billion Payday Seen for Wall Street – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com
- The Big Picture – Sheehan on Michael Boskin
- Illinois enters a state of insolvency | Crain’s Chicago Business
Today’s Bread & Circus feature: George Carlin on the American Dream (hat tip Barry Ritholtz) – this guy makes a lot of sense – funny too. Too bad he died in 2008.