Links 07/31/2011

• Bunds Soar on Safety Bid; Italian, Spanish, Greek Bonds Slump – Bloomberg

  tags: government bonds Italy United States Germany

• Chilcot to damn Blair on Iraq in official reports on war | Mail Online

  tags: Britain Iraq

• BP ‘has gained stranglehold over Iraq’ after oilfield deal is rewritten | Business | The Observer

  tags: oil

• Harald Hau: Eurozone Bailout – Tax Transfer to the Wealthy? « naked capitalism

  tags: Greece bailout

• Balanced-Budget Amendment Could Curb Spending Needed in Economic Recovery – Bloomberg

  tags: fiscal

• I Really Do Not Understand What the Treasury Is Doing…

  tags: debt ceiling

• Debt and politics in America and Europe: Turning Japanese | The Economist

  tags: Japan Europe United States sovereign debt crisis debt ceiling history

• Now America even warns troops they might not be paid | Mail Online

  tags: military debt ceiling

• Why any debt-ceiling deal will squeeze the states – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post

  tags: debt ceiling local government

• Tea Partiers Against Debt Deal Gain From District Spending – Bloomberg

  tags: deficit Republicans debt ceiling

• Senate Republicans Will Block Reid Plan, McConnell Aide Says – Bloomberg

  tags: debt ceiling

• Anxiety in Afghanistan over troops’ pay if U.S. defaults – Stripes – Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide

  tags: military debt ceiling

• Can a giant platinum coin save our credit? – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post

  tags: debt ceiling

• Umfrage: Deutsche sind für Frauenförderung per Gesetz – Nachrichten Wirtschaft – WELT ONLINE

  tags: gender Germany

• Retail in Japan: Turning silver into gold | The Economist

  tags: demographics age retail Japan

• Teacher-training: Those who can, teach | The Economist

  tags: Britain education

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