Friday 28th December

Here's What's Behind The Collapse Of The Japanese Yen — The Biggest Economic Story In The World
{http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-yen-has-been-getting-crushed-2012-12}


The horrors of an avalanche (and the beauty of really amazing online journalism)
{http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek}

Sailing into the future of global trade?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20792058}

Fiscal cliff reality check: what's really the worst thing that could happen?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/fiscal-cliff-blog/2012/dec/26/fiscal-cliff-reality-check}

Responces to Yesterday's Krugman
Joshua M Brown {http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/27/own-the-robots-bro-trust-me/}
 Tyler Cowen {http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/paul-krugman-makes-the-argument-for-austerity.html}

Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand tops Instagram’s list of most
photographed places in 2012
{http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/12/28/suvarnabhumi-airport-in-thailand-tops-instagrams-list-of-most-photographed-places-in-2012/}

Six weeks of rain expected by New Year as deluge continues
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9766506/Six-weeks-of-rain-expected-by-New-Year-as-deluge-continues.html}

The Financial Planning Flowchart

Thursday 27th

A Very Big Deal In 2013 - And Beyond
{http://readwrite.com/2012/12/24/is-this-the-hottest-tech-company-of-2013}

Japan’s currency to collapse because it can’t service its debt
{http://www.advisorperspectives.com/newsletters12/Gundlachs_High-Conviction_Investment_Idea.php}

Fed Watch: Missing The Big Japan Story
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/12/fed-watch-missing-the-big-japan-story.html}

Is Growth Over?
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/is-growth-over/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto}

THE HUNDRED BEST LISTS OF ALL TIME
{http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/12/the-hundred-best-lists-of-all-time.html}

Monday 24th

The king of con-men 

http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21568583-biggest-fraud-history-warning-professional-and-amateur-investors 

top 15 sites
http://rpseawright.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/fine-fifteen/

The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way
in Mexico
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/business/walmart-bribes-teotihuacan.html?ref=business&nl=business&_r=1&emc=edit_dlbkam_20121218&

UBS Lies
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/12/19/ubss-lies/

This Is Not a Profile of Nassim Taleb
http://chronicle.com/article/This-Is-Not-a-Profile-of/136257/

14th Dec

17 Things I Learned From Reading Every Last Word of The Economist’s “The World in 2013” Issue {http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/17-things-i-learned-from-reading-every-last-word-of-the-economists-the-world-in-2013-issue/?smid=tw-share}



Blackout of Mandela Blueprint for Lockerbie Justice
{http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=632092}

The Bull Market in Fear
{http://pragcap.com/the-bull-market-in-fear}

Ted
10 Unmissable TED Videos For Designers
{http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/ted-video-for-web-designers/}
5 Jaw-Dropping TED Videos You Should Not Miss
{http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/jaw-dropping-ted-videos/}


QE Explained


Booze tree
http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-triple-distilled-diagram-of-alcohols

Thurs 13th Dec

Research Incentives: Milton Friedman on the Fed
{http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/12/research_incent.html}

Fracking: Shale gas decision by government awaited
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20707574}

Major funds increasing emerging market allocations
{http://emergingmoney.com/analysis/major-funds-increase-em-allocations/}

‘Imported From Detroit’ Is a Good Idea in China, if Only…
{http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/12/12/imported-from-detroit-is-a-good-idea-in-china-if-only/}

China’s banking Weapons of Mass Ponzi problem pops up again
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/12/11/1303022/chinas-banking-weapons-of-mass-ponzi-problem-pops-up-again/}

Japan should scare the eurozone
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d447376a-4389-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EcTu9yZ0}

A US Sprinter Is Taking The Rugby World By Storm
{http://www.businessinsider.com/us-sprinter-is-taking-the-rugby-world-by-storm-2012-12}

12/12/12

Here’s your best bet to beat a ‘rigged’ market
Commentary: To make money in stocks, time is on your side
{http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-your-best-bet-to-beat-a-rigged-market-2012-12-11}

The VIX – Is It Telling Us Anything? At All?
{http://pragcap.com/the-vix-is-it-telling-us-anything-at-all}

Defending the Romans, I'm still not a defender of the economic policies of the Roman Emperor, Diocletian.
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/12/12/1304122/defending-the-romans/}

Tuesday 11th December

Asian Bond Markets Come to Life
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578170801545095258.html?mod=googlenews_wsj}

Lights Out For China’s Solar Power Industry?
{https://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2012/12/08/lights-out-for-chinas-solar-power-industry/}

Move Over, Michigan, China Is The World's Next Rust Belt
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/12/09/move-over-michigan-china-is-the-worlds-next-rustbelt/}

Goodbye Europe
A British exit from the European Union looks increasingly possible. It would be a reckless gamble
{http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21567940-british-exit-european-union-looks-increasingly-possible-it-would-be-reckless}

Ignore the doom merchants, Britain should get fracking
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9733518/Ignore-the-doom-merchants-Britain-should-get-fracking.html}

Gertler Earns Billions as Mine Deals Fail to Enrich Congo
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest.html}

Your Money: The "Apple Tax" - America's costly obsession
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-apple-tech-tax-idUSBRE8B911120121210}

Was CIA financier-turned Wall Street banker assassinated by the bearded bag lady? New evidence may solve mystery of 1985 shooting
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245682/Nicholas-Deak-Colleague-questions-murder-CIA-financier-killed-homeless-woman.html#ixzz2EdXWTt9k}

Brazil Is One Of The Few Truly Independent Countries In The World
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-luckiest-people-on-the-planet-2012-12}

December 10th

Silly Season Begins!
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/09/silly-season-begins/}

Schedule for Week of Dec 9th
{http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/12/schedule-for-week-of-dec-9th.html}

Honey Laundering
{http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/international/honey-laundering}

This Is the Greatest Hoodie Ever Made
{http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/12/american_giant_hoodie_this_is_the_greatest_sweatshirt_known_to_man.single.html}

Friday the 7th December

The thing about Apple…Buy, sell or hold?
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/06/the-thing-about-apple/}

32 Economics Journalists You Should Be Following On Twitter
{http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/32-economics-journalists-twitter_n_2200002.html}

How Regulations Led to High-Frequency Trading
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/100276801}

Dec 6

Why Would Anyone Want to Invest in China?
{http://dragonflycap.com/2012/12/05/wed-am-2/}

A Counter Example to the 'Tragedy of the Commons'
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/12/-a-counter-example-to-the-tragedy-of-the-commons.html}

Mongolia finds China can be too close for comfort
{http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-05/for-mongolia-chinas-too-close-for-comfort}

 Surfboard-Sized Robot Just Propelled Itself Across The Ocean
{http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681003/this-surfboard-sized-robot-just-propelled-itself-across-the-ocean#1}


Storage space
{http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/efficient-space-saving-furniture-ideas-for-kids-rooms-tumidei-spa/}

Wednesday 5th December

How to get what you want.
{http://thebrowser.com/videos/science-persuasion}

Loss of income caused by banks as bad as a 'world war', says BoE's Andrew Haldane
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9719300/Loss-of-income-caused-by-banks-as-bad-as-a-world-war-says-BoEs-Andrew-Haldane.html}

The Austerity Dictionary. Twitter generated dictionary
{http://brianmlucey.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-austerity-dictionary/}

Chart of the week: the rise and fall in Chinese equities
{http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/12/04/chart-of-the-week-the-fall-in-chinese-equities/#axzz2E5X9QK5G}
 see also the video, James Mackintosh, Short View {http://video.ft.com/v/1995032340001/China-s-tale-of-two-cities}

dec4

The world's commodity supercycle is far from dead
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9717728/The-worlds-commodity-supercycle-is-far-from-dead.html}

How tall can a Lego tower get?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20578627}

‘Most Hardcore Nail House’ in Middle of Road Demolished
{http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/pictures/most-hardcore-nail-house-in-middle-of-road-demolished.html}

Just what is a recession?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/12/business-cycles-0}

Is Spying on Corporate Jets Insider Trading?
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/100272132}

Iraqi builds a HELICOPTER to protect his country’s borders (but will it really fly?)
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241933/Iraqi-builds-HELICOPTER-protect-countrys-borders-really-fly.html}

Monday 3rd

The 4 big macro stories
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-big-stories-japanese-economy-china-green-shoots-europe-us-housing-the-fiscal-cliff-2012-11}

The Keynesian Fixation
{http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/the-keynesian-fixation/}

Greek debt "transformed into a zero-coupon perpetual bond”
{http://soberlook.com/2012/12/greek-debt-transformed-into-zero-coupon.html}

Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html}

Megastorms Could Drown Massive Portions of California
{http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=megastorms-could-down-massive-portions-of-california}

30 11 12

Buy a House, Get a Visa: Coming Soon Everywhere?
{http://m.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2012/11/buy-house-get-visa-coming-soon-everywhere/3959/}

The monumental folly of rent-seeking
{http://www.johnkay.com/2012/11/21/the-monumental-folly-of-rent-seeking}

Cost of Pennies
{http://what-if.xkcd.com/22/}

Polar Ice Sheets Melt Faster
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578149073844418936.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories}

29th November

 chief executive of Olam International, Sunny Verghese, told the BBC's Asia Business Report that his business is sound {http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20537072#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter}

Dead, Zig Ziglar: 10 Quotes That Can Change Your Life
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/11/28/zig-ziglar-10-quotes-that-can-change-your-life/}

The slow death of the stock-market investor, story of delining market volumes..
{http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/27/charts-of-the-day-equity-volume-edition/}

Review: Assholes: A Theory
{http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/assholes-a-theory/}

28 November

The World According to Xi Jinping
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/asia-watch/story/the-world-according-xi-jinping-20121128}

Pandemonium on China’s stock market
{http://www.danwei.com/pandemonium-on-chinas-stock-market/}

“The global economy is weakening again”
{http://oecdinsights.org/2012/11/27/the-global-economy-is-weakening-again/}

Hike The 2,000-Mile Trail That Most People Never Finish
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-appalachian-trail-2012-11}

NOV 27

Here is an incontrovertible fact, tech stock rallies explained
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/11/26/here-is-an-incontrovertible-fact/}

The decade of Xi Jinping
{http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2012/11/25/the-decade-of-xi-jinping/#axzz2DPtdjn00}

Poll Reveals Most and Least Emotional Countries in the World
{http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/13226/20121121/poll-reveals-emotional-countries-world.htm}

Bargain like a Somali
How to negotiate with pirates in the Horn of Africa
{http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21567077-how-negotiate-pirates-horn-africa-bargain-somali}

Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091}

Muddy Waters (finally) publishes report on Olam
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/11/27/1283253/muddy-waters-publishes-report-on-olam/}

Monday 26th November

The Faustian Bargain between States and Banks - Are banks and governments merely feeding each other's addictions?
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/tacit-bond-arrangement-between-governments-and-banks-endangers-system-a-868971.html}

Why Can't India Feed Its People?
{http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-21/why-cant-india-feed-its-people#p1}

Globalism goes backward
{http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/20/global-economy-backward/?iid=HP_River}

Disaster capitalism doesn’t work
{http://www.salon.com/2012/11/02/historian_jacob_remes_disasters_arent_natural/}

Hayek, Friedman, and the Illusions of Conservative Economics
{http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/110196/hayek-friedman-and-the-illusions-conservative-economics#}

Should Europe Emulate the US?
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/international-finance/story/should-europe-emulate-the-us-20121126}

Who’s to blame for Dutch disease?
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/11/whos-to-blame-for-dutch-disease/}

22 November

With Autonomy, H-P Bought An Old-Fashioned Accounting Scandal. Here's How It Worked.
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/11/20/with-autonomy-h-p-bought-an-old-fashioned-accounting-scandal/}

Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says
{http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57505149/modern-wheat-a-perfect-chronic-poison-doctor-says/}

Top Nomura Economist Is Skeptical Of Fiscal Cliff Progress — And There's Good Reason To Take Him Seriously
{http://www.businessinsider.com/lewis-alexander-on-the-debt-ceiling-2012-11}

Other Things to Think About Besides the Fiscal Cliff
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/other-things-to-think-about-besides-the-fiscal-cliff/}

21st November

VIX still sleepy, but volatility in high-yield bonds going bonkers
{http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/11/20/vix-still-sleepy-but-volatility-in-high-yield-bonds-going-bonkers/}

Gold Adjusted for Inflation
Here’s a look at the price of gold adjusted for inflation. As strong as the yellow metal has been over the past 13 years, it’s still below its peak from 1980.

{http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2012/11/gold-adjusted-for-inflation-2.html}

Bubble

Is Catalonia backing away from independence?
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/11/20/1268003/is-catalonia-backing-away-from-independence/}

Is Catalonia not backing away from independence?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/19/catalonia-vote-future-spain}

5 hard truths progressives must face about Obama
{http://www.salon.com/2012/11/19/5_hard_truths_progressives_must_face_about_obama/}

ooo, Mars Rover Scientists Say They're Sitting On A Discovery For The 'History Books'

{http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11}

A Record-Smashing Sailboat
{http://www.businessinsider.com/vesta-worlds-fastest-sailboat-2012-11}

Tuesday 20th November

Scotland’s debate lacks seriousness
http://www.johnkay.com/2012/10/31/scotland%E2%80%99s-debate-lacks-seriousness-2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Hamas links truce to end of Gaza border blockade
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57551575/hamas-links-truce-to-end-of-gaza-border-blockade/

How to Live Without Irony
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/how-to-live-without-irony/
you also have to watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzocvh60xBU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Watch 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/131-years-of-global-warming-in-26-seconds

Of Parents, Puppies and Robots
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/of-parents-puppies-and-robots/

19th November

Learning to Love Volatility (Taleb)
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578120953311383448.html}

France blows up at Economist's 'ticking time-bomb' cover
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/16/economist-front-cover-france}

Iran denies supplying Fajr-5 rockets to Gaza militants: report
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/18/us-palestinians-israel-iran-idUSBRE8AH02H20121118}

Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore
{http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/}

16 November

ahh! so that is why - What is going on?
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/whats-going-on-2/}

Interdealer brokers. At the sharp end
{http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21566651-firms-connect-buyers-and-sellers-wholesale-markets-are-under?fsrc=rss%7Cfec}

How China Became Capitalist
{http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/how-china-became-capitalist}

Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
{http://priceonomics.com/toilets/#japanese}

15 November

 Latest note from Albert Edwards cheerful as ever... "Expect the
New Year to bring nothing but disappointment."
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/11/14/1261803/merry-christmas-and-a-recessionary-new-year/}

Multinationals Find Loopholes Galore in Europe
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/effort-to-close-multinationaltax-loopholes-gaining-steam-a-866989.html}


Thought about making things on the web
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/making_things

Bureaucrats Paid $250,000 Feed Outcry Over College Costs
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-14/bureaucrats-paid-250-000-feed-outcry-over-college-costs.html}

14th November

Is there a problem?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/11/monetary-policy}

As one of the biggest political events of the decade slides into its second week, many correspondents who’ve flown in especially for the event are waking up to the realization that there’s absolutely nothing to report.
{http://chinadailyshow.com/hundreds-of-journalists-now-wandering-beijing-in-search-of-news/}

Joshua M Brown on politics
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/11/13/my-politics/}

Coffee is not dead – but it is losing its wild side
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/13/coffee-not-dead-wild-ethiopia

Amazon, Google and Starbucks are struggling to defend their tax avoidance

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/13/amazon-google-starbucks-tax-avoidance

13 November

The Absolute Moron’s Guide to the Fiscal Cliff
{http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/absolute-morons-guide-to-the-fiscal-cliff.html}

 U.S. Oil Output to Overtake Saudi Arabia’s by 2020
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-12/u-s-to-overtake-saudi-arabia-s-oil-production-by-2020-iea-says.html}

Seriously, Apple Is Doomed
{http://daringfireball.net/2012/11/seriously_apple_is_doomed}

More apple, A dramatic reading of Apple’s share price
{http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/12/a-dramatic-reading/}


Pari passu end games: the Argentina edition. (Heavy going)
{http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2012/11/pari-passu-endgames.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+creditslips%2Ffeed+%28Credit+Slips%29}

The Children Devour the Revolution
{http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/09/the_children_devour_the_revolution}

Monday 12th November

Challenges China’s New Leadership Faces
{http://chovanec.wordpress.com/}

What is driving Argentina's protest movement?
{http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/11/2012111061345785634.html}

A Simple Fiscal Fix That Would Make The US Immensely Safer Without Hurting A Single Citizen {http://www.businessinsider.com/get-rid-of-the-debt-ceiling-2012-11}

Gold is not an “Investment”
{http://pragcap.com/gold-is-not-an-investment}

Economics
{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics#Practice}

DIY Satellite Platforms
{http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/7419}

Friday 9th November

Page 5 a must read! {http://www.cityam.com/issue/2012-11-09}













Overview of what is going on with Chinese regime change.
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/11/08/1222141/bluffers-guide-to-chinas-regime-change/}

Some genius paired 50 Cent's In Da Club with a video put out by the Jehovah's Witnesses to encourage deaf people not to masturbate.
http://kottke.org/12/11/jehovahs-witnesses-to-the-deaf-no-masturbation-in-da-club

Thursday 8th of November

This Is the Worst Election for Wall Street in Decades
{http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/11/this-is-the-worst-election-for-wall-street-in-decades/264892/}

The FT in play
{http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/06/the-ft-in-play/}

Power-Mad Conservatives
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/power-mad-conservatives/}

The Best Burgers In 12 Cities Around The US
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-burgers-in-12-cities-around-the-us-2012-11}

French Banks Try an Import From the U.S.
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204349404578103062019217382.html?mod=dist_smartbrief}

7th Nov

Little of interest , all Obama

A gentle wind at the world's back
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/11/global-economy}

Today’s 6 most creative election front pages
{http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/194461/todays-6-most-creative-election-front-pages/#.UJlvZlASLTY.twitter}

Million-Dollar Traders Replaced With Machines Amid Cuts
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-06/million-dollar-traders-replaced-with-machines-credit-markets.html}

STOCKWATCH
{http://www.theonion.com/features/stockwatch/}

Nice Boat
http://www.zeit.de/reisen/2012-10/fs-yachten-segeln-2

6th Nov

The Change in America’s Debt by Presidential Term
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/the-change-in-americas-debt-by-presidential-term/}




Hard-hit by sanctions, Iran suspends 20-percent uranium enrichment
{http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/04/247475.html}


America Has Already Lost Tuesday's Election
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/commentary-total-capitalism-and-the-downfall-of-america-a-865437.html}

Corporate TEDucation
What a nonprofit events group can teach business
{http://www.economist.com/news/business/21565677-what-nonprofit-events-group-can-teach-business-corporate-teducation}

Was the green man, that pagan spirit of nature, in fact England’s secret symbol of resistance to Norman oppression? (No, but interesting history read)

http://www.aeonmagazine.com/living-together/paul-kingsnorth-green-man/

5th November

This was what NYC looked like from Sunday to Friday when a transformer in lower Manhattanexploded and rendered all below 39th street in the darkness……
{http://nymag.com/nymag/letters/hurricane-sandy-editors-letter-2012-11/?mid=facebook_nymag}

Chinese No Longer Bow to Autocratic Rule
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/challenge-for-new-leaders-chinese-no-longer-bow-to-autocratic-rule-a-864998.html}

It's Global Warming, Stupid
{http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-01/its-global-warming-stupid}

Thursday 25th Oct

Good read, Four Magic Tricks for Fiscal Conservatives
{http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/fiscal-conservatives--four-tricks-by-jeffrey-frankel}

Gee, the bullish spin on China’s tepid Q3 numbers is just amazing – Shanghaiist
{http://shanghaiist.com/2012/10/24/suck_it_naysayers_chinese_economy_m.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter}
And, end in site for Shanghai bear market {http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/10/the-end-in-sight-for-shanghais-bear-market/}

oh dear..
Mourdock: Rape Pregnancies ‘Something That God Intended to Happen’
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mourdock-pregnancies-from-rape-something-that-god-intended

Wednesday 24th Oct

Is the reign of GDP as the only measure of wealth coming to an end?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/22/gdp-only-measure-wealth}

Babbage builders turn down Kickstarter, An ambitious 10-year project to build the world's first computer
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20004192}

L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists guilty of manslaughter
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626#TWEET296030}

Where did all the finance bloggers go?
{http://abnormalreturns.com/where-did-all-the-finance-bloggers-go/}

Bye-Bye, PCs
{http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111904034104578058751530288678.html#articleTabs_article%3D1}

The 10 Best Food Trucks In London
http://www.businessinsider.com/london-street-food-10-best-food-trucks-2011-10

Tuesday 23rd Oct

Fish Oil and a Lesson in Happiness From Iceland
{http://www.theatlantic.com/health/print/2012/10/fish-oil-and-a-lesson-in-happiness-from-iceland/263868/}

Excellent update on whether the euro will survive.
{http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/taking-a-man-at-his-word/}

Nitrogen cars, Difference Engine: End of the electric car?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/10/nitrogen-cycle?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709}
and BBC , Inventor's creation not just hot air
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19802190}

Uncertainties about South American harvests are keeping global grain prices elevated
{http://soberlook.com/2012/10/uncertainties-about-south-american.html}

'Too expensive' cystic fibrosis drug is blocked due to expense
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/too-expensive-cystic-fibrosis-drug-is-blocked-due-to-expense-8219524.html

Former trader says banks are like gamblers in rigged casinos
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-trader-says-banks-are-like-gamblers-in-rigged-casinos-8222065.html

Monday 22nd Oct

Suddenly, Everyone On Wall Street Is Taking The 'Red Pill' Of Economics

{http://www.businessinsider.com/top-client-question-can-central-banks-just-cancel-sovereign-debt-2012-10}

China's new leaders: Changes and challenges ahead

{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19729087}

Switzerland: A banking paradise lost

{http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2012/10/2012101916296420870.html}

How I Caused the 1987 Crash

{http://brucekrasting.com/how-i-caused-the-1987-crash/}

Worst Carry Trades Show Central Banks Reach Stimulus Limits

{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/worst-carry-trades-show-central-banks-reaching-stimulus-limits.html}

Money is just little green pieces of paper!

{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/money-is-just-little-green-pieces-of.html}

Game, set and match

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have won this year’s Nobel for economics

{http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21564836-alvin-roth-and-lloyd-shapley-have-won-year%E2%80%99s-nobel-economics}

Private-equity firms are adding debt to the companies they own in order to fund payouts to themselves, a controversial practice now reaching a record pace.

{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592704578064672995070116.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories}

A preview of entries from the 183rd Imperial Edition of The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

http://www.theonion.com/encyclopedia/

List of unusual deaths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

40 Things To Say Before You Die
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/10/04/40-things-to-say-before-you-die/

Friday 19th

Britain seems to be saying "bye bye" to EU, says Finland
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/us-eu-britain-finland-idUSBRE89H19J20121018}

Map: US bases encircle Iran
{http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/04/2012417131242767298.html}

Shipping News – and a bit more
{http://brucekrasting.com/shipping-news-and-a-bit-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BruceKrasting+%28Bruce+Krasting%29}

These Pictures May Give You Nightmares About The Canada Oil Sands
{http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-destructive-canada-oil-sands-2012-10#}

A Chemist Comes Very Close to a Midas Touch
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/science/modern-day-alchemy-has-iron-working-like-platinum.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0}

19 crazy things that only happen in China
{http://business.financialpost.com/2012/10/17/19-crazy-things-that-only-happen-in-china/}

Thursday 18th

Norway’s Housing Boom Could Lead to Spain-Style Bust, Say Some
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/49443611/Norway_s_Housing_Boom_Could_Lead_to_Spain_Style_Bust_Say_Some}

What will replace the globalization model?
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-will-replace-the-globalization-model/2012/10/16/57cf62da-0e6d-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html}

High-Speed Trading Executives Shut Firm
{http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/pioneering-high-speed-trading-executives-shut-firm/}

Neanderthal genes 'survive in us'
{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8660940.stm}

October 17, 2012

You might as well finish it all now if you use a Blackberry
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/technology/blackberry-becomes-a-source-of-shame-for-users.html?_r=1&}

China’s ghost city makes a kick-ass skate park
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/10/chinas-ghost-city-makes-a-kick-ass-skate-park/}

China criticizes new EU sanctions on Iran, calls for talks
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/16/us-iran-nuclear-eu-china-idUSBRE89F0BF20121016}

Corruption Continues Virtually Unchecked in Greece
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/corruption-continues-virtually-unchecked-in-greece-a-861327.html}

Tuesday 16th October

Why there’s less high-frequency trading
{http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/15/why-theres-less-high-frequency-trading/}

Special Report: How Starbucks avoids UK taxes
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/us-britain-starbucks-tax-idUSBRE89E0EX20121015}

The Lessons of the China-India War
{http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-china-india-tensions-are-growing-by-brahma-chellaney}

Physicists May Have Evidence Universe Is A Computer Simulation
{http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/11/physicists-may-have-evide_n_1957777.html}

Monday 15th October

Downton Abbey Economics
{http://somewhatlogically.com/?p=702}

The Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/the-self-destruction-of-the-1-percent.html?_r=0}

Should Bank start the helicopter?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19925013}

What do people mean by helicopter money?
{http://mainlymacro.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/what-do-people-mean-by-helicopter-money.html}

The Never-Ending Dream Of The Water-Powered Car
{http://jalopnik.com/5944443/the-never+ending-dream-of-the-water+powered-car}

Friday the 12 Oct

The debt crisis
Lessons from history
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2012/10/debt-crisis?fsrc=rss}

Why The European Union Totally Deserves The Nobel Peace Prize
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2012/10/12/eu-nobel-peace-prize/}

True Progressivism
A new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality without hurting economic growth
{http://www.economist.com/node/21564556}

Gloom and Doom: A Slowing Global Economy
{http://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2012/10/11/key-economic-institutions-meet-amid-continued-uncertainty/}

The burden of the (bad monetary policy) on future generations
{http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2012/10/the-burden-of-the-bad-monetary-policy-on-future-generations.html} see also {http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/children-and-grandchilden-do-not-pay-for-budget-deficits-they-get-interest-on-the-bonds}

Morrissey vs. Colbert
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7iprVhXuEyg}

Gangnam style, acoustic guitar version (video).

Thursday 11 Oct

DNA has a 521-year half-life
Genetic material can't be recovered from dinosaurs — but it lasts longer than thought. {http://www.nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555}

Q. What do investment bankers actually do?
{http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/10/08/162518147/ask-a-banker-what-do-investment-bankers-actually-do}

The Mafia Still Controls An Incredible Amount Of Southern Italy
{http://www.businessinsider.com/mafia-still-controls-southern-italy-2012-10}

Why banks shouldn’t trade - Felix
{http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/09/why-banks-shouldnt-trade/}

How Much Trust Should We Have in Economic Data?
{http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2012/10/09/How-Much-Trust-Should-We-Have-in-Economic-Data.aspx#page1}

The weak shall inherit the earth
New government priorities and an enthusiasm for unconventional monetary policy are changing the way the currency markets work
{http://www.economist.com/node/21564210}

Wednesday 10th October

Rise of the celebrity economist
{http://www.salon.com/2012/10/07/rise_of_the_celebrity_economist/}

Putting the bull back into gold bullion
{http://afr.com/p/personal_finance/portfolio/putting_the_bull_back_into_gold_jhHV2EaR1Gkp2NyfBH7qeI}

Rajoy’s Deepening Budget Black Hole Outpaces Spain’s Cuts
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-08/rajoy-s-deepening-budget-black-hole-outpaces-spain-deficit-cuts.html}

Ireland Plans Bold Measures to Lift Housing
{http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/ireland-mortgage-bill-aims-to-aid-owners-and-jump-start-economy/?ref=business}

Five Best Financial Bloggers for Dick{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/10/09/who-are-the-five-best-financial-bloggers/}

9th October

Epiphanies from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The "Black Swan" theorist reflects on the most stable country in human history and the folly of the European Union.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/08/epiphanies_from_nassim_nicholas_taleb

Growth the false God
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/10/growth-the-false-god/

Nine in ten Scots 'living off state's patronage'
Kenny Gibson, a Nationalist MSP, described it as Miss Davidson’s “Mitt Romney moment”. He added: “At least Mitt Romney only insulted around half of Americans, while Ruth Davidson believes almost 90 per cent of Scots do not 'contribute’ to society.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/9593135/Nine-in-ten-Scots-living-off-states-patronage.html

Cheapest Chinese Stocks Since ’97 Not Enough to Signal Rally
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-07/cheapest-chinese-stocks-since-1997-not-enough-to-signal-rally.html

Call in the B Team
Richard Branson’s big idea for building a better version of capitalism
http://www.economist.com/node/21564197?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/CallintheBteam

Prank signs for the London Underground


And that is that one solved
Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife
{http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html}

Conserve Your Willpower: It Runs Out
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/mf-willpower/

The problem with high frequency trading
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/06/the-problem-with-high-frequency-trading/

Kublai Khan: China's favourite barbarian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19850234

Friday/Monday 8th hybrid

Give us a brake
When fiscal policy is in chaos, companies cannot plan for the future
{http://www.economist.com/node/21564241}

Iron enters the soul
Businesses in Europe are bracing themselves for more pain
{http://www.economist.com/node/21564237}

A Guitar Maker Aims to Stay Plugged In
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/business/fender-aims-to-stay-plugged-in-amid-changing-music-trends.html?_r=3&partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&pagewanted=all&}

The Foodie’s Guide to Korean Street Food in Seoul
{http://migrationology.com/2012/05/korean-street-food-seoul-guide/}

A Hedge Fund Has Physically Taken Control Of A Ship Belonging To Argentina's
Navy
{http://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-fund-elliott-capital-management-seizes-ara-libertad-ship-owned-by-argentina-2012-10}

Platinum/Gold ratio shows economic worries linger
{http://blog.covestor.com/2012/10/economic-worries-linger-based-on-key-ratio}

As real rates hit another record low, speculative gold positions spike
{http://soberlook.com/2012/10/as-real-rates-hit-another-low.html}

Thursday 4th Oct

No recovery until 2018, IMF warns
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/03/imf-global-economy-warning?CMP=twt_gu}

Asking the experts
{http://www.economist.com/node/21564175}

WHY CHINA LACKS GANGNAM STYLE
{http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2012/10/why-china-lacks-gangnam-style.html}

3 Oct

'The American Dream Has Become a Myth'
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/inequality-in-the-us-interview-with-economist-joseph-stiglitz-a-858906.html}

Monetarists Anonymous
{http://www.economist.com/node/21563752?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/monetaristsanonymous}

Martin Feldstein: Fixing America’s Fiscal Problem
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/martin-feldstein-fixing-america%E2%80%99s-fiscal-problem-20121002}

Tues 2 Oct

Sponging boomers
The economic legacy left by the baby-boomers is leading to a battle between the generations
{http://www.economist.com/node/21563725}

Ben Bernanke Gave A Dazzling Speech About Monetary Policy—Everybody Needs To Grasp The Key Points
{http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-bernanke-speech-five-questions-about-the-federal-reserve-and-monetary-policy-2012-10#ixzz285vWIMMu-----------------------------------}

In urban Taiwan, indoor shrimp fishing is booming
{http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-taiwan-shrimp-20121001,0,1953555.story}

Crowdsourcing the lowest fare
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/10/crowdsourcing-the-lowest-fare.html}

Monday 1st October

Insight: Chicago Fed warned on high frequency trading, SEC slow to respond
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/30/us-markets-tech-breakdowns-idUSBRE88T0NF20120930}

To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/sunday-review/to-encourage-biking-cities-forget-about-helmets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0}

The USA’s Federal System of State Redistribution – Why it Keeps us From Turning European {http://pragcap.com/the-usas-federal-system-of-state-redistribution-why-it-keeps-us-from-turning-european}

What have the economists ever done for us?
{http://www.voxeu.org/article/what-have-economists-ever-done-us}

Friday 28th Sept

Europe’s Austerity Madness
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/opinion/krugman-europes-austerity-madness.html?_r=0}

Turmoil over Austerity Hits Spain and Greece
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/protests-in-spain-and-strikes-in-greece-over-austerity-measures-a-858040.html

82 Gadgets and Products Worth Paying For
{http://mashable.com/2012/09/27/hot-list-recap/}

Thursday September 27, 2012

Volatility Risk Premium
{http://falkenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/volatility-risk-premium.html}

Perspectives on Current Economic Issues
{http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/publications/speeches/2012/09_26_12_hammond.cfm}

China's economic slowdown
{http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/09/chinas_economic.html}

Craigslist and monopoly power
{http://www.digitopoly.org/2012/09/26/craigslist-and-monopoly-power/}

Butt Chugging Leads To Severe Alcohol Poisoning Of University Of Tennessee Student
{http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/butt-chugging-wine-alcohol-enema-university-of-tennessee-pi-kappa-alpha_n_1913575.html?utm_hp_ref=tw}

Wednesday 26th September

Asian Stocks Fall on Investor Concern on Stimulus Effect
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-26/asian-stocks-fall-on-investor-concern-on-stimulus-effect.html}

The welfare state’s a worthy Ponzi scheme (FT)
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4db6afd2-064e-11e2-bd29-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27VFQ2Ytp}

Valencia: A Spanish city without medicine
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19682049}

Patience snaps in Portugal
{http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100020306/patience-snaps-in-portugal/}

The economics behind the China-Japan dispute
{http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2012/09/24/the-economics-behind-the-china-japan-dispute/#axzz27NdSr3er}


Environment special today :

FiveThirtyEight: The Number of Things Nate Silver Gets Wrong About Climate Change {http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-e-mann/nate-silver-climate-change_b_1909482.html}

Myths about industrial agriculture
{http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/2012998389284146.html}

Satellites trace sea level change
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19702450}

Tuesday 25 Sept

The talk of stimulus continues in China
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/more-massive-mythical-stimulus-for-china/}

The Roots of Chinese/Japanese Rivalry
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/liah-greenfeld-the-roots-chinesejapanese-rivalry-20120925}

Hard Truths About Global Growth
{http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/hard-truths-about-global-growth-by-michael-spence}

Fear vs Greed, Greed is winning
{http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2012/09/23/fear-vs-greed-greed-is-winning/}

The best analogy for traders? They are hackers
{http://blogmaverick.com/2012/09/21/what-business-is-wall-street-in-3/}

Masters of Money: Friedrich Hayek - Flanders, BBC
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19706272}

How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7862246/How-a-broker-spent-520m-in-a-drunken-stupor-and-moved-the-global-oil-price.html}

100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow
{http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/100-twitter-accounts-every-journalism-student-should-follow/s2/a550471/}

Temasek reconsiders StanChart stake
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a27e3094-0671-11e2-bd29-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27SfUJcVa}

Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/25/us-china-japan-taiwan-idUSBRE88O02C20120925}

Why Does A Market Exist?
{http://pointsandfigures.com/2012/09/23/why-does-a-market-exist/}

US- Quick, Buy That House Before Rates Rise! NOT!
{http://pragcap.com/quick-buy-that-house-before-rates-rise-not}

Gangnam Style dance-off escalates into gang shootout in Bangkok
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/gangnam-style-danceoff-shootout-bangkok?CMP=twt_gu}

and for your info, {http://www.businessinsider.com/gangnam-style-translation-2012-9}
and How to ,
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmkU5Pg1sw}

Cardboard bike
{http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670753/this-9-cardboard-bike-can-support-riders-up-to-485lbs}

monday 24 sept 12

Mitt Romney thinks he can use his magical powers to make the economy recover "without actually doing anything" Paul Krugman
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/09/paul-krugman-the-optimism-cure.html}

Of useful idiots and true believers
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2012/09/protests-real-and-fake?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709}

Private city in Honduras will have minimal taxes, government
{http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/11/private-city-in-honduras-will-have-minimal-taxes-government/}

“The Drugs Don’t Work”: How the Medical-Industrial Complex Systematically Suppresses Negative Studies
{http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/09/the-drugs-dont-work-how-the-medical-industrial-complex-systematically-suppresses-negative-studies.html}

Open source brick machine: the evolution
{http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/open-source-brick-machine-the.html}

Tasting Like Chicken
{http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2012/09/tasting_like_chicken_its_evolutionary_origins_.html}

21st Sept

China Versus Japan: Shooting War, Economic War or War of Words?
{http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/09/china-versus-japan-shooting-war-economic-war-or-war-of-words.html}

Territorial Disputes Involving Japan
{http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/20/world/asia/Territorial-Disputes-Involving-Japan.html?ref=asia}

Nobel 2012 PREDICTIONS
 {http://sciencewatch.com/nobel/2012-predictions}

NASA Actually Working on Faster-than-Light Warp Drive
{http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/}

More Macro blogroll to look at!
{http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2012/09/20/macro-blogroll-for-the-morning-meeting/#axzz2769AHzXo}

20th September, 2012

Germany's big worry: China, not Greece
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-germany-nation-idUSBRE88I07W20120919}

Fire tornado captured on film in Australia - video
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/sep/19/fire-tornado-australia-video}

Police and Occupy: An Abusive Relationship
{http://my.firedoglake.com/kitoconnell/2012/09/18/police-and-occupy-an-abusive-relationship/}

Porsches and police cars rust in Greek government scrapyard
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2012/sep/11/porsche-police-cars-greek-scrapyard-oddy#/?picture=395964383&index=5}

Wednesday 19th September

Sell Diamonds- Russia reveals shiny state secret: It's awash in diamonds
{http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0917/Russia-reveals-shiny-state-secret-It-s-awash-in-diamonds}

Hayek on the standing committee
Who is winning the battle of economic ideas in China?
{http://www.economist.com/node/21562903}

Crony Capitalism, American Style
{http://www.economonitor.com/lrwray/2012/09/16/crony-capitalism-american-style/}

The Gift That Keeps on Giving (On Mitt)
{http://baselinescenario.com/2012/09/17/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/#comments}

Global Economy in Twilight Zone as Stocks Suggest Growth1
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/global-economy-in-twilight-zone-as-stocks-suggest-growth.html}

Think Again: Burma’s Economy
{http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/18/think_again_burma_s_economy}

50 Best Websites 2012
{http://techland.time.com/2012/09/18/50-best-websites-2012/#all}

Tungsten-Filled 10 Oz Gold Bar Found In The Middle Of Manhattan's Jewelry District
{http://www.zerohedge.com/news/tungsten-filled-10-oz-gold-bar-found-middle-manhattans-jewelry-district}

Tuesday 18th

What happens if America falls off the fiscal cliff?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/america-falls-off-fiscal-cliff}

Masters of money: John Maynard Keynes
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19620971}

China protests: Shares of affected Japanese firms fall
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19632047}

A tale of two (China vs US) stimuli
{http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NI15Ad02.html}

The summer Davos blues
Global movers and shakers are worried about China
{http://www.economist.com/node/21562909}

Ghost warehouse stocks haunt China's steel sector
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-china-steel-warehouse-idUSBRE88F0EJ20120916}

The real crisis in Germany.
{http://climateerinvest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/damit-ist-eine-katastrophe.html}

What adventures are actually left?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19621341}

Monday 17th September

not much out there

Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9545597/Armada-of-British-naval-power-massing-in-the-Gulf-as-Israel-prepares-an-Iran-strike.html}

Could French victim of the Alpine massacre have been the main target
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204165/French-Alps-massacre-Could-Sylvain-Mollier-main-target.html?ICO=most_read_module}

Friday 14th September

QE3 has started, Fed Acts to Fix Jobs Market
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444023704577649602607207034.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories}

Your flexible Fed
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19593777}

Fed keyboard


Power struggle in China,
Off-Script Scramble for Power in a Chinese Leader’s Absence
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/world/asia/xi-jinpings-absence-puts-communist-party-off-script.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all}

Quite interesting,,
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.
{http://aviationhumor.net/the-us-standard-railroad-gauge-is-4-feet-8-5-inches/}

Catalonians vow to leave Spain
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/catalonians-vow-to-leave-spain/}

China’s Solyndra Economy
{http://chovanec.wordpress.com/}

Have we reached the end of economic growth, A handy guide to the arguments that we've reached the end of economic growth
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/11/have-we-reached-the-end-of-economic-growth/?wpisrc=nl_wonk}

Greece to Lease 40 Uninhabited Islands to Reduce Debt
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/greece-prepares-to-lease-40-uninhabited-islands-to-reduce-debt.html}

Thursday 13th September

Xi shows up
{http://www.businessinsider.com/xi-jingping-2012-9}

The 20 Cheapest Countries For Vice
{http://www.businessinsider.com/cheapest-liquor-and-pot-prices-2012-9#20-guinea-bissau-1}

5 Ways to Avoid Natural Reactions that Prevent You from Making Good Decisions
{http://blog.bufferapp.com/social-biases-good-decisions}

Teenager captures out-of-this-world space photos with £30 eBay camera
{http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4528949/Space-photos-from-teens-30-eBay-camera-are-out-of-this-world.html}

Wednesday links

Chovanec-on-China's mounting debt
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/chovanec-on-chinas-mounting-bad-debt-problems/}

Nickel-And-Dimed-And-Coppered
{http://www.zerohedge.com/news/nickel-and-dimed-and-coppered}

One for the China bull(s)
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/09/11/1153371/one-for-the-china-bulls/}

End to ‘alpha’ spells trouble for fund managers
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35e07834-fb4f-11e1-a983-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26C1HlTM9}

Tuesday 11th September

Communist Leader’s Absence Sets Off Rumor Mills in China
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/asia/xi-jinping-chinas-presumptive-new-leader-mysteriously-absent.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all}

The myths and reality of Chinese stimulus

{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/the-myths-and-reality-of-chinese-stimulus/}

The Ten Grave Problems Facing China
{http://www.thechinastory.org/2012/09/the-ten-grave-problems-facing-china/}

New cradles to graves
The welfare state is flowering in Asia. Will it free the continent from squalor? Or sink it in debt?
{http://www.economist.com/node/21562210}

Is US economic growth over? Faltering innovation confronts the six {http://www.voxeu.org/article/us-economic-growth-over}

East Asia’s Nationalist Fantasy Islands
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/ian-buruma-east-asia%E2%80%99s-nationalist-fantasy-islands-20120910}

If the Mars rover finds water, it could be H2 ... uh oh!
{http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mars-contaminate-20120910,0,365701.story}

Difference Engine: The PC all over again?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/09/3d-printing}
AND
How technology is killing the Asian growth miracle
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/09/10/1152171/how-technology-is-killing-the-asian-growth-miracle/}

Hooters CEO Thinks Dark Wood Paneling Is The Reason You Don’t Bring Your Wife, Female Colleagues, HR Around
{http://dealbreaker.com/2012/09/hooters-ceo-thinks-dark-wood-paneling-is-the-reason-you-dont-bring-your-wife-female-colleagues-around/}

Monday the 10th

These Charts About The Global Economy Will Give You Cold Sweats
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ugliest-charts-in-the-world-economic-slowdown-2012-9#}

Heist at the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve
{http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09/heist-at-the-global-strategic-maple-syrup-reserve/}

China trade data raises fear of economic slowdown
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19540359}
similar
China's exports shrink in sign downturn worsening
{http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-10/chinas-hu-says-growth-faces-pressure-to-slow}

Who Killed Sarcasm?
{http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/09/sarcasm_we_re_trapped_in_an_era_of_sincerity_bring_back_sarcasm_.single.html}

Beyond a joke: the truth about why we laugh
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/02/why-we-laugh-psychology-provine}