News Links 10/17/2011

• Posted Prices and the Capitol Hill Stalemate Machine – Washington Spectator

  tags: politics corporatism

• Steve Rattner, Card Carrying Member of Top 1%, Tells Us We Should Lie Back and Enjoy Much Lower Wages Resulting From Globalization « naked capitalism

  tags: globalization

• Mehr als acht Stunden: Hundertjähriger läuft Marathon – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Panorama

  tags: sports

• Jobs werd zelf de Big Brother die hij bestreed :: nrc.nl

  tags: Apple executives obit

• Indignés à Rome: 135 blessés, un million d’euros de dégâts – L’EXPRESS

  tags: protest Italy

• Cassandra Does Tokyo: Long-Term Memory?

  tags: Japan accounting

• Philips to cut 4,500 jobs | Business | guardian.co.uk

  tags: jobs

• Italy ‘has been in decline since the 1980s’ | World news | The Guardian

  tags: Italy

• California Diminished by Tax Revolt of 1978 Shows How U.S. Invites Decline – Bloomberg

  tags: California taxes

• Link-phobia and plagiarism | Felix Salmon

  tags: journalism

• From QE to Communism « naked capitalism

  tags: quantitative easing

• Mike Norman Economics: Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas defends OWS protesters

  tags: protest

• IndyCar champ Dan Wheldon dies in massive crash at Las Vegas race | Mail Online

  tags: sports

• Suzanne | The Reformed Broker

  tags: protest

• Kinder Morgan to buy El Paso for $21 billion | Reuters

  tags: natural gas mergers

• Banks must take bigger losses on Greek loans, says German finance minister | Business | The Guardian

  tags: Greece default

• Queen backs plans to overturn ‘sexist’ rules that puts male heirs to the throne ahead of their older sisters | Mail Online

  tags: gender

• In Herman Cain’s Writings, a Startling Lack of Foresight | Swampland | TIME.com

  tags: republicans

• Occupy Pensacola: Alleged “Conservatives” Better Wake Up in [Market-Ticker]

  tags: protest

• Long Ties to Koch Brothers Key to Cain’s Campaign – ABC News

  tags: republicans

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