The five most read Opinion Blog articles in August were the following:
U.S. Bankruptcy: A Colossal Hoax by Susan Feiner (13-Aug)
The Budget Compromise: Congress Creates a Rube Goldberg Doomsday Machine by L. Randall Wray (4-Aug)
Loop Theory – Capitalism vs. Socialism by Frank Li (26-Aug)
Federal Reserve System Cliff Notes by Roger Erickson (28-Aug)
Prediction: Demand will Rule the World by Michael Pettis (29-Aug)