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FT.com – Investors flock to Greek bond issue The Phantom Policy Conflict – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com The Salt Lake Tribune Money Matters – 9 banks teetering after bad land bets Is The “Volcker Rule” More Than A Marketing…

Debtwatch No. 42: The economic case against Bernanke | Steve Keen's Debtwatch It could all come together for Mannings – The Boston Globe Brain abnormalities in Parkinson's patients develop before symptoms occur The Dogs Who…

Finance and economy Post Peak Mexico | Gregor.us How I Would Have Sold Obamacare, Bryan Caplan | EconLog Supermarket sales hit 21-year low | The Japan Times Online Tim Geithner Had Some Chats About The AIG Bailout He Wasn't…

Most Read Corporate bond yields demonstrate that risk is back Jim Rogers is still bullish on commodities Readers of this blog expect the recession to last redux So what are banks for, anyway? Grading Obama’s economic policy…

Obama and the War on Wall Street Yesterday’s announcement on bank regulation by President Obama is a key turning point in his Presidency.  It means a whole new world of uncertainty for banks and bank stocks and could be just the…

FT.com – Opening salvo on banks has yet to come An Antitrust Investigation of the Banks? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com Fifth Third fourth-quarter loss narrows| Reuters BBC News – GM confirms Opel factory closure in Antwerp…

China tries to curb lending and avoid overheating| Reuters Bruce Krasting: Consequences of the Mass. Election O'Malley aims to limit Maryland budget cuts – washingtonpost.com FiveThirtyEight: Let's Play the Blame Game!…

Finance and Economy FT.com / Columnists / Philip Stephens – How the big banks rigged the market FT.com – A bank levy will not stop the doomsday cycle Economic Perspectives from Kansas City: Sheila Bair Exposes Wall Street’s Power Grab:…

Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America | Books | The Guardian Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com – Krugman, Gruber and non-disclosure issues National Briefing – Southwest – Arizona – Parks Are Casualties of Budget…

Most Read Readers of this blog expect the recession to last redux The housing bubble: In Bernanke's defense? Obama: The Transactional President John Mauldin: 2010 Forecast: The Year of Uncertainty Randall Wray: Fire…