Here are today’s links including a bunch of articles from the past week that I missed. The two most interesting are on India.
Topic of the Day: India
- The world falters, India booms-T T Ram Mohan-Columnists-Opinion-The Economic Times
- No asset bubble cycle in India: Christopher Wood-Interviews-Opinion-The Economic Times
The Usual Fare
- Spending on Experiences Instead of Possessions Results in More Satisfaction – Lifehacker
- BBC News – Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use
- `Buy and Bail’ Homeowners Get Past Loan Restrictions – Bloomberg
- Guest Post: Strip Mining the U.S. Economy « naked capitalism
- FT Alphaville » Guest post: El-Erian on violent market moves
- FT Alphaville » Wall Street’s shifting political loyalties
- Fed’s Hoenig: Keeping rates low dangerous gamble| Reuters
- Beyond the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates | vox
- Richard (RJ) Eskow: Techno-Thriller: Why Was Goldman Sachs So Worried About One Nerdy Sentence? | Techcrumer
- The Psychology of Power | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Bob Herbert – Fire and Imagination – NYTimes.com
- Borrowers Refuse to Pay Billions in Home Equity Loans – NYTimes.com
- Taking Dean Baker Seriously | Hoover Institution
- Economist’s View: Frustration with TypePad
- Livestock farmers hit by rising wheat price – Telegraph
- FT.com – Google’s Android mobiles overtake global iPhone sales
- US banks seizing homes at record levels – Telegraph
- Steven Slater: a rebel in a dehumanising service society | Colin Horgan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- Freddie Mac: Fixed-rate mortgages at record lows – MarketWatch
- Lexington: Build that mosque | The Economist