Links: 2013-06-19

The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science — Editor’s Picks — Medium

Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini Unveil the New Abnormal | Institutional Investor

 

Central Banks and Stimulus

The Federal Reserve’s dysfunctional relationship with the markets | Heidi Moore | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Volcker: Fed Is Too Big for Its Britches – Barrons.com

Markets Have Already Misread the Fed – Bloomberg

Obama Says Bernanke Has Been at Fed ‘Longer Than He Wanted’ – Bloomberg

If Bernanke really shakes the tree, half the world may fall out – Telegraph Blogs

BBC News – Too soon to call time on Abenomics

The third arrow of Abenomics: Misfire | The Economist

Japan’s exports pick up pace, give economy momentum | Reuters

 

Europe

Danish regulator tells Danske Bank to set aside more capital | Reuters

The very ugly truth about RBS – MoneyWeek

Mervyn King outvoted on QE in his 194th and final MPC meeting | Business | guardian.co.uk

El FMI pide otra reforma laboral que abarate el despido y baje los sueldos | Economía | EL PAÍS

The IMF wants labour reforms and lower wages in Spain

BBC News – Cyprus leader Anastasiades attacks bank bailout terms

 

North America

Detroit’s Recovery Plan Dips Into Pensions to Keep City Afloat – Bloomberg

Is the U.S. Treasury bailing out Puerto Rico? | MuniLand

Father of modern 401(k) says it fails many Americans | Marketplace.org

Inflation data points to firming economy | Reuters

Housing starts miss expectations, but overall tone upbeat | Reuters

Calculated Risk: Fed: Household Debt Service Ratio near lowest level in 30+ years

Money pours into high-yield debt markets in early 2013 | FP Street | News | Financial Post

 

Emerging Markets

China May home price rise highlights policy dilemma | Reuters

China sales of smart mobile devices surge in first quarter | South China Morning Post

China Banking Stress May Come Faster on Cash Crunch, Fitch Says – Bloomberg

Moody’s may remove Brazil positive outlook as growth lags | Reuters

BBC News – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ‘proud’ of protests

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil | Reuters

S&P downgrades Venezuela’s sovereign credit rating to B | South China Morning Post

Saudi social apps clampdown: something has to give – FT

 

Technology

Why I’m Bearish On Seagate Technology & Western Digital – Seeking Alpha

Vodafone and Liberty face battle for Kabel Deutschland | Reuters

ThousandEyes sniffs out performance problems on-site, off-site wherever — Tech News and Analysis

BBC News – Dish Network abandons bid for Sprint Nextel

Security worries fade as hurdle to cloud adoption — Tech News and Analysis

Feedly Cloud Available to All Users Two Weeks Before Google Reader Shuts Down, Press Updates With Support – Droid Life

Yahoo’s Very Bad Idea to Release Email Addresses | Threat Level | Wired.com

Microsoft sees itself as one of the public-cloud horsemen, but time will tell — Tech News and Analysis

Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the ‘DVR for everything’ | The Verge

Power Testing: Can Two New Laptops Really Last All Day? – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD

Microsoft-Nokia Advanced Talks Recently Broke Down – WSJ.com

iPhone’s Wi-Fi hotspot passwords are vulnerable to attack, researchers say — Tech News and Analysis

Silicon Valley builds amazing spy tools, is horrified when they’re used for spying | PandoDaily 

Kindle: hot in China | beyondbrics

Telecom Industry Could See Biggest Merger Spree Since ’06 – Bloomberg

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 review | PC Pro

 

NSA Scandal

The Daily Caller » What do They know about you? An interview with NSA analyst William Binney » Print

Schneier on Security: NSA Secrecy and Personal Privacy

Schneier on Security: Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata

It’s not just metadata. The NSA is getting everything. – Rubbing Alcoholic blog

U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata – The Washington Post

NSA spying flap extends to contents of U.S. phone calls | Politics and Law – CNET News

Justice Department Fought to Conceal NSA’s Role in Terror Case From Defense Lawyers | Threat Level | Wired.com

Google’s David Drummond Q&A on NSA – Same Denials, a Little More Human – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD

Google’s legal counsel swears on a stack of bibles: “We are not in cahoots with the NSA” — Tech News and Analysis

Michele Bachmann, Voice of Reason on Surveillance? | TIME.com

Rand Paul: Young People Now View Obama As A ‘Hypocrite’ | TPM LiveWire

BBC News – EE defends user-data selling scheme following police interest

Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

What Are You Doing to Protect Yourself From NSA? #SafeData « naked capitalism

Britain’s response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian

Explainer: What is a virtual private network (VPN)?

A Response to Glenn Greenwald | The Nation

 

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