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This is a guest post from our newest contributor, Charles D. Bull. Greetings Writedowners, Ed has gone to bed already. This is Charles D. Bull speaking. You know, my wife told me yesterday that the local shopping area already has the…

Finance and politics New Name Floated In Geithner Replacement Talks - Dealbreaker What up, bankster? Sorry, I know I said I wouldn’t be using that word but it’s in context and I had to say it. This will be the new Treasury lyrical…

Homeowners walking away from underwater mortgages - MiamiHerald.com Strategic default on the rise. Economics and Moral Courage - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Anecdote contrasting von Mises and Hans Meyer Government Porkfare Is No…

This is good. H/T Michael Panzner.

GM puts Opel sale signing on hold "European Union concerns that Germany rigged the sale to Magna to save jobs" Despite the recession, Westfield London is celebrating its first anniversary Same thing is happening in the…

US Treasuries: "Risk free" for How Long? - Megan McArdle This is the widely-believed default canard. Latin America nations defaulted because of foreign currency debt. Japan issue debt in their own currency. They cannot…

FT.com - SEB back in black as Baltics stabilise Return to profits. Again, all is seemingly well in banking FT.com - China must keep its eyes fixed on the exit "While we have avoided the worst recession since the Great…

Android 2.0 gets Facebook integration and a car mode With the 4G iPhone coming, will it be enough? FT.com - Apple leaps ahead with 47% profits surge No one's complaining about this, are they? RUMOR: Verizon and Apple Already…

Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P. | Bruce Bartlett Repudiation of Bush. Not all tax cuts are created equal. How Hillary Clinton Was Reborn As Secretary of State -- New York Magazine Is her star rising? Another Goldman executive…

Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, is certainly looks to be fighting the good fight. At the conclusion of the Buttonwood Gathering in New York on Fixing Finance, she met with Tech Ticker’s Aaron Task and gave him…