Links 08/05/2011

• Stocks Are Still Expensive – NYTimes.com

  tags: investing stocks

• Did No-one “see this coming” too? | Steve Keen’s Debtwatch

  tags: deflation credit credit crisis

• The ECB throws Italy and Spain to the wolves – Telegraph

  tags: sovereign debt crisis ECB liquidity Spain Italy

• I Must Say I Do Think It Is Time to Start Minting the Platinum Coins…

  tags: funny coin seinorage

• FT Alphaville » Trichet – the verdict

  tags: ECB sovereign debt crisis liquidity

• FT Alphaville » Trichet, you’re our only hope [updated]

  tags: ECB sovereign debt crisis

• Average rate on 15-year fixed loan falls to 3.54 pct.; 30-year fixed loan drops to 4.39 pct. – The Washington Post

  tags: mortgages interest rates

• Google Responds To Microsoft’s “Gotcha”: They’re Diverting Attention With A Trick That Failed | TechCrunch

  tags: google microsoft Android patents mobile

• Noahpinion: In which John Quiggin intellectually pulpifies Stephen Williamson

  tags: economics

• ECB under new pressure as moves do not calm markets – European, Business – Independent.ie

  tags: ECB Italy sovereign debt crisis Spain

• Emergenza Italia: si combatte la crisi con una nuova patrimoniale? | IntermarketAndMore

  tags: Italy taxes sovereign debt crisis

• Kölsch: The All-Day, Easy-Drinking Summer Beer | Men’s Journal

  tags: alcohol Germany

• Italy prosecutors seize Moody’s, S&P documents | Reuters

  tags: Italy ratings agencies

• French court orders probe of IMF chief Lagarde – Yahoo! News

  tags: imf france law

• Washington and the Art of the Possible by Raghuram Rajan – Fault Lines by Raghuram Rajan

  tags: politics Fiscal debt ceiling

• Macro and Other Market Musings: Fiscal Austerity Requires Monetary Liberality

  tags: Fiscal austerity monetary policy

• U.S. incomes fell sharply in 2009 | Reuters

  tags: wages compensation

• The top 10 misconceptions of the euro crisis – European, Business – Independent.ie

  tags: Ireland sovereign debt crisis Europe

• BBC News – Japan government and central bank intervene to cut yen

  tags: Japan currency

• BBC News – Italy ‘to default’ but Spain may ‘just’ escape

  tags: Italy Spain sovereign debt crisis default

• Why Did Google Blog About Patents Today? Because The Nortel Loss Was Just The Beginning. | TechCrunch

  tags: Google Android patents mobile

• Google Threw A Punch, Microsoft Fires Back With A Missile | TechCrunch

  tags: Google Microsoft patents mobile Android

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.