My afternoon train reads:
• Mortgage Industry’s Need for Speed Played Big Role in Crisis (American Banker)
• Howard Davies: Economics in Denial (Project Syndicate)
• Why Home Prices Are Rising: The ‘Distressed Share’ (WSJ) but see Real House Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio (Calculated Risk)
• When firms pay CEOs more than Uncle Sam, the tax system is broken (LA Times)
• The (Economic) Pros and Cons of Longer Life Spans (WSJ)
• Be skeptical of Christie touting his accomplishments (Reuters) see also Bloomberg for President: Why We Need a ‘Mayors’ Party’ (Daily Beast)
• Someone call DOJ! Why There’s A Weird Bulge On Google.com (BuzzFeed)
• Active in Cloud, Amazon Reshapes Computing (NYT)
• Steve Jobs Vindicated by Verdict Protecting Apple Design (Bloomberg)
• RIAA Revenue Dwindles As Labels Cut Back (Torrent Freak) see also MPAA Joins RIAA In Having Budgets Slashed (Tech Dirt)
What are you reading?
Very busy Case-Shiller all-in-one chart
Source: Case Shiller
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