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Bruce Krasting: FDIC on REO Sales: Keep'em in the Dark! Greece tests the limit of sovereign debt as it grinds towards slump - Telegraph Economist's View: "What if a Recovery Is All in Your Head?" Rhodes pushback -…

FT.com - Could sovereign debt be the new subprime? (Excess reserves are one reason to buy Treasuries) Kathleen Parker - Kathleen Parker: Judging Sarah Palin by her covers - washingtonpost.com Econbrowser: Factors in local house…

The deficit problem: Dealing with America's fiscal hole | The Economist The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle The Case…

Nationwide Says British House Prices May Fall on Job Losses - Bloomberg.com Investors ask Goldman to be less greedy: report | Reuters BBC News - Tobacco firm Philip Morris to pay out $300m in damages Susan Boyle Makes Amazon…

The Rise and Fall of Empires - Paul Kedrosky (cool visual) FT Alphaville - A Minskian roadmap to the next gold mania At Failed Banks, Post-Mortems Disclose Excessive, Yet Obvious, Risk - NYTimes.com Economic Perspectives from…

Josh Reviews Everything: And then he took his pants off. Again. frontline: a class divided: watch the program | PBS In Case Someone Says You Couldnt See This Coming - Yves Smith U.S. conservatives: Obama bowed too deeply to…

Economist's View: "China and the American Jobs Machine" (And don't fall into the Blame Asia Meme https://bit.ly/pseaY) 买黄金! | egghat's blog (This German post says that owning gold was illegal in China six years ago. Now the…

Bailed-out Anglo needs €5.7bn cash but EC eyes wind-down - Independent.ie Colts 35, Patriots 34 - Colts Pull Off Improbable Win as Patriots’ Gamble Backfires - NYTimes.com Paul Krugman - World Out of Balance - NYTimes.com Pay…

Japan Economy Accelerates, Reducing Danger of Renewed Recession - Bloomberg.com Economist's View: Fed Watch: Should the Fed Be Doing More? China rounds on U.S. rates as global economic risk The Best F**king Book About the…

An article in the National Post suggests General Motors may look to divert some of its bailout money to Europe in the wake of a chill in German government support for subsidies. Talk of using taxpayer money to benefit workers in other…