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The top of today’s reading list has three articles about the alleged problems with neonicotinoid insecticides, genetically modified plants and RoundUp herbicide from Monsanto and …….. and the last article is about China’s continuing efforts to rebalance the country’s economy.
- Birds, Bees, and Aquatic Life Threatened by Gross Underestimate of Toxicity of World’s Most Widely Used Pesticide (American Bird Conservancy)
- Russia Warns Obama: Monsanto (The Top Information Post) Hat tip to Russell Huntley.
- Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens (Global Research News)
- Silencing the Whistle-Blowers (Eyal Press, The New York Times)
- Half Of Oldest Boomers Retired (Karen Demasters, Financial Advisor)
- Record Cash Sent to Balanced Funds (Whitney Kisling and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg) Watch video of interview with David Kotok that accompanies the article.
- Europe’s Lost Keynesians (Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate) Rogoff sounds surprisingly like Michael Hudson, saying debt must be written down.
- CEOs are Terrible at Management, Study Finds (Susan Adams, Forbes)
- California Faces a New Quandary, Too Much Money (Adam Nagourney, The New York Times) Connecticut, Utah, Wisconsin and at least four other states also have surpluses.
- China Leaders Signal Slowdown Tolerance as Shift Planned (Bloomberg News) Efforts for economic rebalancing to continue.