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}

Friday the 7th of September

China optimism served on a plate
{http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-02/don-t-bet-on-the-end-of-china-s-growth-miracle}

ECB Head Draghi Backs Up Pledge to Save Euro
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ecb-president-draghi-announces-unlimited-bond-buying-program-a-854374.html}

A guide to ordering tacos
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/a-guide-to-ordering-tacos/2012/09/06/26b9cb18-eca8-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html}

Thursday 6th September

The gold standard and economic growth
{http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/09/the_gold_standa_1.html}

Mario Draghi to unveil ECB plan to save the euro
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/06/eurozone-crisis-mario-draghi-ecb-euro}

How high-frequency journalism is like high-frequency trading
{http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/187525/how-high-frequency-journalism-is-like-high-frequency-trading/}

Is That All There Is? The Remarkably Small Costs of Quantitative Easing
{http://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime/?p=3094}

Quality of life in China
{http://understandingsociety.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/quality-of-life-in-china.html}

Quite amazing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510

Wednesday 5th of September

US Candidates Unabashed in Stretching the Truth (Spiegel.de)
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-campaign-of-lies-us-candidates-unabashed-in-truth-stretching-a-853925.html}

Teenage angst
The implications of China’s slowdown (The Economist)
{http://www.economist.com/node/21560890}

How bad is China’s cash crunch? (FT)
{http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/08/31/how-bad-is-chinas-cash-crunch/#axzz25ZdY1Ghy}

Fool’s gold standard (Marketwatch WSJ)
Commentary: Can the gold standard bring back balance to trade?
{http://www.marketwatch.com/Story/story/print?guid=19F56BEC-F385-11E1-9007-002128049AD6}

Tuesday 4th September

China’s Growing Economic Crisis
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/don-t-look-to-china-for-economic-growth.html}

Eastwooding
{http://gawker.com/5939531/obama-joins-in-as-internet-skewers-clint-eastwoods-surreal-rnc-speech}


Naomi Wolf: Sweden’s Other Rape Suspects
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/naomi-wolf-sweden%E2%80%99s-other-rape-suspects-20120903}

Britain’s Paul Ryan
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/britains-paul-ryan/}


We can't grow ourselves out of debt, no matter what the Federal Reserve does
Let's replace our fixation on growth with a steady-state economy focusing on lower consumption, leisure and ecological health
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/03/debt-federal-reserve-fixation-on-growth}

Democracies and debt
Voters are now facing a harsh truth
{http://www.economist.com/node/21561932}

Why Dictatorships Build Stuff that Crumbles
{http://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/why-dictatorships-build-stuff-that-crumbles/}


Which Country Has the Best Government?
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/good-governance-series-which-goverment-is-best-a-845170.html}