Links 08/21/2011

  • Readers have asked for a quick verdict on the Merkel-Sarkozy deal. I have nothing to say. There was no deal. It was a vacuous restatement of clauses that already exist in the Lisbon Treaty, or an attempt to pass off retreads such as the Tobin Tax and harmonization of the corporate…

    tags: sovereign debt crisis

  • Immigration advocates in Texas were heartened last year when the Republican governor, Rick Perry , flatly stated that Arizona ‘s crackdown on illegal immigrants “would not be the right direction for Texas.”

    tags: immigration

  • Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will move to dismiss the sexual-assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn because they would be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, former prosecutors predict.

    tags: Dominique Strauss Kahn

  • The United States must start tackling its long-term economic problems head on instead of relying on the Federal Reserve to revive the economy, according to one of Wall Street’s leading economists who predicted the last recession.

    tags: Rosenberg recession economy

  • VIENNA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Pressure on Germany and France to take radical action on the euro zone debt crisis mounted on Friday, as financial markets sagged further and Belgium added its support to calls

    tags: Belgium Eurobonds

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