10 Sunday Reads

October 6, 2013 8:15am by Barry Ritholtz

My Sunday morning reading materials:

• Some Economic Consequences of the Shutdown (Economix) but see How a Debt Ceiling Crisis Could Do More Harm Than the Shutdown (NYT)
• A Fed love story: Janet Yellen meets her match (Yahoo)
• What Homeowners Across the U.S. Spend on Home Improvement (WSJ) see also Construction Loans for Your Dream Home (WSJ)
• CNBC has worst quarter in 20 years (Talking Biz News)
• Can Intelligence Really Be Measured? (Discovery) but see The Reign of Morons is Here (Esquire)
• It’s not just people. Corporations are getting more unequal, too. (Wonkblog)
• Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy & Jim DeMint: Plot To Sabotage US Economy in Secret Meeting (Daily Kos)
• The Republican Hardliners Aren’t Conservatives, They’re Radicals (Atlantic) see also Top Republican Calls For Replacing Obamacare With Obamacare (Business Insider)
• Satellite Maps Reveal Who’s to Blame for the Sinking of Venice (Wired)
• The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2013 So Far! (Official Charts)

Whats for Brunch?

Here’s What Jobs Report Would Have Said

Source: Real Time Economics

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