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The top of today’s reading list is Paul Krugman’s short but sweet discussion of “hearsay economics” …… and the last article is the latest income distribution research report from Emmanuel Saez.
- Hearsay Economics (Paul Krugman, The Conscience of a Liberal) A valid point made at the expense of one of our favorite commentators, Joe Scarborough.
- CHART OF THE DAY: Slowing Productivity Is Great News For Unemployed Americans (Sam Ro, Business Insider)
- Dinosaur extinction battle flares (David Perlman, SF Gate, San Francisco Chronicle) Hat tip to The Big Picture.
- Elizabeth Warren Makes Promising Start in Senate Banking Committee Hearing (Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism)
- The House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators ( Jobs.GOP.gov)
- The GOP Plan to Flush Your State’s Economy Down the Toilet (Lynn Stuart Paramore, AlterNet)
- The Great Gerrymander of 2012 (Sam Wang, The New York Times) See the GEI story about Pennsylvania.
- Do Record Equity Inflows Mean Anything? (Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture)
- World Plunges into Recession in Q4 2012 (Dwayne Van Vuuren, Advisor Perspectives dshort.com) Dwayne Van Vuuren is an occasional Global Economic Intersection contributor.