What We Read Today 08 March 2014

Econintersect: Every day our editors collect the most interesting things they find from around the internet and present a summary “reading list” which will include very brief summaries of why each item has gotten our attention. Suggestions from readers for “reading list” items are gratefully reviewed, although sometimes space limits the number included.

• This Time It Is Different – Americans Are More Pessimistic (James A. Kostohryz, Seeking Alpha) Discussion is heavily focused on sentiment as a contrary indicator. See also David Petch at GEI Investing: Market Top, But Not for Another 18 Months.

• ‘Newsweek’ Says It Found Bitcoin’s Founder: 4 Things To Know (Emily Siner, NPR) Hat tip to Rob Carter. Here is a timeline history on attempts to identify the creator of bitcoin, right up to the Newsweek story we told you about yesterday. Part of the article contains lengthy section of Tweets by the author of the Newsweek article defending her writing. See also Associated Press story by Ryan Nakashima Man Said to Create Bitcoin Denies It, also hat tip to Rob Carter.

• How to Respond to Ukraine’s Crisis? (Bernard Gwertzman, Council on Foreign Relations) Interiew with Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations. See also yesterday’s parody column at GEI Opinion by Frank Li and his regular weekly column, also on Ukraine.

• Ukraine’s Unintended Consequences (Michael Meyer, Project Syndicate) A good history lesson with historical precedents that would be useful for the Ukraine crisis.

Today there are 13 more articles discussed ‘Behind the Wall’.