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Geithner says was not involved on AIG disclosures| Reuters Volcker Voices His Views in a Vacuum – WSJ.com Banks, experts eye possible ways around Obama fee FT.com – Inflation looms in China and India FT.com – Separating…

FT.com – A history of Google in China BBC News – China property prices accelerate Why do people 'play the longshot' but buy insurance? It's in our genes U.S. 2009 foreclosures shatter record despite aid| Reuters "I…

Op-Ed Contributors - Questions for the Big Bankers - NYTimes.com Enough With The Government Cover-Ups - Forbes.com interfluidity - Links on inequality and the macroeconomy Demand overwhelms program to prevent homelessness |…

More links are available in the news feed (also available as an RSS feed). Feature Link: A New Tax on Banks and Bankers? – NYTimes.com Simon Johnson, Bert Ely, Judy Samuelson and I each gave our view on a proposed banker tax for the…

More links are available in the news feed (also available as an RSS feed). Hank Greenberg's Self-Serving, Largely Off-Base Salvo at Goldman - naked capitalism Selling from retail investor will outlast buying from hedge funds - The…

Many more links are available at the news feed (which is also available as an RSS feed). Main Street to Wall Street: We don't buy the rally The people of Iceland deserve our sympathy | Business | The Observer Financial…

Most Read Byron Wien: Ten Surprises for 2010 More on Byron Wien’s Ten Surprises for 2010 Definition of terms The Democratic Party meltdown of 2010 Geithner urged AIG to withhold information Leading a reader to water…

Dear readers, I just barely missed putting 2009 in the title again. I’ll learn.  I have some other things on my plate, so I have not posted quite as often as I would like. I have three or four topics I want to look into. They are:…

Below are the links for stories through this morning. I am still playing catch-up as I had some server issues earlier in the day.  If I see anything significant later, I may do another links post in the evening. As usual, many more…

Below are the most important links.  As usual, many more are available at the news feed (also available as an RSS feed). Going forward, the links post will contain fewer (more high-quality?) links, with the rest in the news feed.…