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The top of today’s reading list is about Ireland’s third quarter of recession …….. and the last article is Barry Ritholtz asking questions for investors at mid-year.
- Ireland falls back into recession despite multibillion-euro austerity drive (Henry McDonald, The Guardian) Hat tip to Roger Erickson.
- Central Bankers on the Ground (Raghuram Rajan, Project Syndicate)
- Personal Grooming Products May Be Harming Great Lakes Marine Life (Christopher Johnston, Scientific American)
- Administration, Congress Trying to Give Gensler the Brooksley Born Treatment over Derivatives Reform (Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism)
- Justice Scalia’s Despairing Effort to Disguise DOMA’s “Badge of Inferiority” of Gays (William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives) William K. Black contributes to Global Economic Intersection. Prof. Black compares Justice Scalia’s minority opinion to the majority opinions in the Dredd Scott and Plessy cases.
- Why Did Chinese ATMs Stop Working? (Adam Minter, Bloomberg)
- For the Republicans, an idea whose time has come (David Kaiser, History Unfolding) Hat tip to Naked Capitalism. Hint: One acre, one vote.
- Methane in Pennsylvania Groundwater May Originate in Fracked Gas Wells (Christopher Crockett, Scientific American) The biggest problem may be poorly designed well casings.
- The End of the American Dream? (Niall Ferguson, The Daily Beast)
- Questions for Investors At 2013′s Halfway Mark (Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture)
