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}