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
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
Yahoo’s Very Bad Idea to Release Email Addresses | Threat Level | Wired.com
Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the ‘DVR for everything’ | The Verge
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
NSA spying flap extends to contents of U.S. phone calls | Politics and Law – CNET News
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
What Are You Doing to Protect Yourself From NSA? #SafeData « naked capitalism
Explainer: What is a virtual private network (VPN)?
A Response to Glenn Greenwald | The Nation