A few reads before you go out to do your last minute shopping on holiday shortened trading day:
• Commerce Claus: The behavioral economics of Christmas (TNR)
• Mayan Mindset on the Potomac (Barron’s) see also How can Republicans change their minds? (Economist)
• UBS Libor Manipulation Deserves the Death Penalty (Bloomberg)
• Lessons from a 107-Year-Old Stock Picker (WSJ) see also Any Monkey Can Beat the Market (Rick Ferri)
• Farrell: Why we got Facebook and not Mars colonies (MarketWatch)
• Google Ventures in 2012: $300M, 150 companies, and one Nobel Prize (Venture Beat)
• 2013 may look a lot like 2012 (The Buzz) see also Why the Pundits Are Wrong About Big Money and the 2012 Elections (naked capitalism)
• Silencing the Science on Gun Research (Journal of American Medical Association)
• Why Louie is the next stage in the evolution of the TV sitcom (AV Club)
• Scientists Report Faster Warming in Antarctica (NYT)
Who’s left on your list?
Push for Cheaper Credit Hits Wall
Source: WSJ
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