The following ten articles published on the Opinion Blog during the first six months of 2011 are most read to date:

Follow up:

1. China:  Domestic Policy Problems, Not Currency Manipulation by Michael Pettis  (2/09)
2. China’s Grey Swan Could Turn Black as Coal by Jack H. Barnes  (1/04)
3. Second Half of 2011 – Get Ready for the Meltdown of the US Treasury Bond Market by LEAP/E2020  (3/24)
4. USA Trade Deficit Exports 1.3 Million Jobs by Steven Hansen  (1/21)
5. U.S. Problems are Institutional by John Lounsbury  (1/05)
6. Unthinkable End Games by Rick Davis (4/06)
7. The Truth about the American Economy by Robert Reich  (6/3)
8. The Real Cost of China’s Non Performing Loans by Michael Pettis  (2/02)
9. Never Short a Country with $2 Trillion in Reserves? by Michael Pettis  (3/01)
10. The US Empire – Problem Solutions by Elliott Morss  (5/14)