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The Alignment of Asset Reflation and a Collapsed Economy | Gregor.us "there is no macroeconomic recovery occurring in the United States. What’s unfolding currently is snap-back from last year’s crash, which led us to the bottom of…

La producción industrial cae un 13.1% y encadena 16 meses de descensos Spain's industrial production is still cliff diving. How are their banks able to withstand this catastrophe? FT.com - HSBC chief fears a second downturn Consider…

You probably have heard about the Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at President Obama for allegedly not leaving a very robust list of accomplishments behind after 9 months in office.  So, without further ado, here it is. NPR says:…

Bronte Capital: Are the Spanish banks hiding their losses? Looking at the American data John is dubious about Spain like Edward Hugh. It seems a bit hard to believe we could have a depression-like environment in Spain without a serious…

I am just getting back up to speed, so expect to see a few older links I flagged for myself but did not post in the past few days. Jobless rates rise in all U.S. cities in August | Reuters "Unemployment rates rose in all cities…

Very funny.

This comes from an e-mail from reader Scott: Political Science for Dummies DEMOCRAT You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You push for higher taxes so the government can…

I will be at the Clinton Global Initiative Forum all day today, so I doubt there will be any posts until this afternoon.  For Canadian readers, I am doing a TV interview at 12:30PM ET on BNN on Obama’s relationship with Wall Street.…

Pay rules may prompt Goldman to shed bank charter | Reuters "Some investors believe Goldman Sachs Group Inc may try to shed its commercial banking charter to sidestep U.S. government efforts to rein in exorbitant Wall Street…

Boy dies of swine flu infection | The Japan Times Online The boy became the youngest, and 18th, fatal victim of the epidemic in Japan Robert Reich's Blog: Why the Dow is Hitting 10,000 Even When Consumers Can't Buy And Business Cries…