Some afternoon linkage before the weekend begins:
• Geithner says derivatives blindsided the gov’t (Associated Press)
• Beazer Homes, a one-company crime wave (Floyd Norris)
• Subprime Resurfaces as Housing-Market Woe (WSJ)
• Artificial Stimulus (Dan Gross, Slate)
• ECRI on The Great Recession (2008-2010) (Canada Housing Crash)
• Lost ‘Animal Spirits’ May Worsen Economy, Roubini, Shiller Say(Bloomberg)
• Two Authorities on Fed Advise Congress Against Expanding Its Power (NYT)
• No One Saw This Coming”: Understanding Financial Crisis Through Accounting Models (Dirk J Bezemer, Groningen University)
• What Does Your Credit-Card Company Know About You? (NYT Magazine)
Anything else worth killing some tress over? Did I miss anything good today? Please use the comments . . .
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