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Right Place to Crash the Plane; Time Running Out for Europe; Nanny State or a Breakup?

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Steen Jakobsen, chief economist for Saxo Bank in Copenhagen, pinged me with a personal thought […]

In Brazil, a Labor Market Bubble?

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, This might be the kind of bubble you want, one in which nearly the entire […]

Banks send Wall Street lower on U.S., Europe debt fears

By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell more than 1 percent on Monday as concerns the United States […]

China crash coming? Don’t bet on it

By Jim Jubak, MSN Money, Is China’s economy headed for a hard landing in 2011 or 2012? I don’t think […]

Hugo Salinas Price and Michael Pettis on the Trade Imbalance Dilemma; Gold’s Honest Discipline Revisited

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets gets to the heart of the trade imbalance issue […]

Google+ Vs. Facebook: The Early Reviews Are In

By Laurel Van Tassel , Minyanville site, Although Google hasn’t exactly been known for its success in the social networking […]

Moody’s downgrades Portugal on fear of 2nd bailout

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Portugal’s government debt on Tuesday, citing growing risks the country will require […]

Economist Charles Gave: The Euro Will Not Exist In One Year!

Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider, Charles Gave is the French economist whose research firm GaveKal is fairly well known, and read […]

Why College Brings a Huge Return

By DAVID LEONHARDT My column in the Sunday Review section makes the case for going to college and cites two […]

School Daze, School Daze Good Old Golden Rule Days

From Pimco site, By Bill Gross, The past several decades have witnessed an erosion of our manufacturing base in exchange […]