Afternoon Reads

Some intriguing items I came across today:

• If Fed Missed This Bubble, Will It See a New One? (NYT)

• John Crudele: Why the government’s job figures won’t add up (NY Post)

• Pimco’s Bill Gross Sees 2010 as Year of Reckoning (Time)

• Silicon Valley ‘Bloodbath’ Leaves Entire Office Buildings Empty (Bloomberg)

• John Kay: The cause of our crises has not gone away (FT)

• Snap Out of It! The dangers of economic pessimism (Newsweek)

• The $19 Billion Woman (NY Observer)

• Taylor Disputes Bernanke on Bubble, Blaming Low Rates (Bloomberg)

• Best Buy’s Optimization Scam: A Waste Of Money, and probably illegal (The Consumerist)

• The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse (NPR)

What are you reading?