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The top of today’s reading list has Felix Salmon asking if we have solved our fiscal problems…….. and the last article is Bill Gross’ admonition that, although the bond market has peaked, interest rates will not rise immediately.
- Have we solved our fiscal problems? (Felix Salmon, Reuters)
- Homeowners Do Not Increase Consumption When Their Housing Prices Increase? (Mark Thoma, Economist’s View) Mark Thoma has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- Disney World vows action after report of wealthy hiring disabled to skip lines (Josh Levs, CNN) Hat tip to Alun Hill. The WOW!!! of the day.
- Is Obama Worse For Press Freedom Than Nixon? (James C. Goodale, The Daily Beast)
- Fiscal consolidation, American style (R.A., The Economist)
- This Bull Is Like the Tech Bubble, but Different (Roben Farzad, Bloomberg Businessweek)
- Markets Erode Morals, Let People Do Horrible Things: Study (Mark Gongloff, Huffington Post) Hat tip to Russell Huntley.
- The US can’t remake Syria (Andrew J. Bacevich, The Boston Globe) Hat tip to Roger Erickson.
- Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views (Emma Innes, Daily Mail) Hat tip to Russell Huntley. Scientific proof that liberals are wusses.
- Gross Says End Of Bond Rally Unlikely To Be Reminiscent of 1994 (Bloomberg News, Financial Advisor) Gross says this time interest rates won’t change much for an extended period of time. Bill Gross has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
