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The top of today’s reading list is about socialism in red state North Dakota …….. and the last article is about Lanny Breuer’s first payday after government “service”. It’s $4 million!
- Why Is Socialism Doing So Darn Well in Deep-Red North Dakota? (Les Leopold, Alternet)
- Buiter: Most European banks are zombies (Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns) Edward Harrison has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- What Are Foundations For? (Robert Reich, Boston Review) Robert Reich has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- Finance Expert Saves Struggling Zoo By Firing All Employees, Getting Rid of Cages (The Onion) Where else to go for a good 01 April story?
- New US-Russian Crew Docks at Space Station After Super-Fast Flight (Miriam Kramer, Space.com) Trip to the moon now not much longer than non-stop flight from New York to Los Angeles.
- Will Slovenia Be the Next Victim of German Politics? (Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism) Yves Smith has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- ZeekRewards scam leaves N.C. town millions poorer (Mitch Weiss, Associated Press, USA Today) One million suckers taken in $600 million Ponzi scheme. And this is no April Fools joke.
- Paul Ryan Thrown Out of Easter Mass For Views On Poverty (The Daily Currant, 31 March 2013) And this is.
- How Banking Actually Works In Fiat World, Part 2 (Bill3, Daily Paul Liberty Forum) Hat tip to Roger Erickson. This is from a Ron Paul oriented website. Part 1 was posted in a previous reading list.
- Warren Mosler to debate Robert Murphy? (Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Post Keynsian Perspective) Hat tip to Roger Erickson. Very wonkish article and comments even more so, but this is a must read if you want understand economic theory.
- Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs, Will Receive Approximate Salary of 4 Million Dollars (Mark Karlin, Truthout) What a joke! Except collusion and bribery should be criminal. See GEI News articles about Lanny Breuer.
