Scandals
Is there a price-fixing scandal brewing in the oil market?
economist.com
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Deals
Tumblr, and its cool-kid status, may be worth $1 billion to Yahoo
allthingsd.com
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JPMorgan
"The current Chairman of J.P. Morgan should be run out of town on a rail"
epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com
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New Normal
Greek shipping magnates are not really feeling the whole economic depression thing
world.time.com
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Reuters
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"Ferguson has always been this crass and crassly inaccurate"
blogs.spectator.co.uk
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Ben Walsh:
"There has been no degeneration. Niall Ferguson has always been this crass & crassly inaccurate" http://t.co/7P0In1nXw4
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Thought lead to the sweet sounds of Tom Friedman's insights as he guides you into the The New Next World
huffingtonpost.com
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Jason Linkins:
Thomas Friedman Will Mansplain The 'Hyperconnected' World To You For $995 If You Act Now http://t.co/1dfmSuilQb via @HuffPostPol
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The self-defeating, self-interested push for financial literacy
guardian.co.uk
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The "meme hustler": A lengthy takedown of one of the web's most prominent evangelists
thebaffler.com
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Mathew Ingram:
I think my favorite part is the passive-aggressive footnote where he explains why he didn't interview his subject: http://t.co/sVh7vLXzsV
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Time magazine's terrible and terribly wrong story on cancer
slate.com
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Anthony De Rosa:
RT @sethmnookin: My take on @Time's "How To Cure Cancer" cover: Wrong, grandiose, and cruel. (@Slate) http://t.co/WBZXRsqsWS
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"A millionaire does not have the standing to tell regular people that money is overrated"
gawker.com
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"Far more worrisome than a student loan bubble is the student loan anvil"
blogs.reuters.com
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James Ledbetter:
Worried about a student-loan bubble? You should have been *really* worried 6 years ago. @ChadwickMatlin has the data: http://t.co/TzX9HoSSRc
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Simon Johnson: the latest attempt defend TBTF "is not credible and should not be taken seriously"
economix.blogs.nytimes.com
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"The Value Of Big Banks In A Global Economy"
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Jason Linkins tears apart an infinitely silly trend story on guns
huffingtonpost.com
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Foster Kamer:
In the parlance of @mckaycoppins, ICYMI: My email exchange with a shady Buzzfeed reporter on a shoddy, hack-like story— http://t.co/MgsLP1Pj
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A hilarious satirical reading of The Economist's "The World in 2013" issue
6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com
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Helen Coster:
Funny and true: What @MarkLeibovich learned from reading The Economist's "World in '13" issue http://t.co/NlFznEwR
The River
Fiscally Speaking
5/17
CBO compares the Obama and congressional budget plans
Oxpeckers
5/17
4 Sources
"Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome"
The Fed
5/17
2 Sources
Why the US and Europe need a tad more inflation
New Normal
5/17
5 Sources
Why the housing market continues to disappoint: supply-side issues
Helpful Reiminders
5/17
2 Sources
Americans say a family of four needs nearly $60,000 per year to get by
Black market
5/17
Argentina is considering amnesty for those who launder money through its banks
Valuations
5/17
1 Sources
No one is sure if this mansion listed at $190 million is actually worth that much
Alpha
5/17
1 Sources
Bill Ackman is investing in a $90 million New York penthouse
TBTF
5/16
2 Sources
The idea that you can wind down a failing megabank in some orderly fashion is probably a myth
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
It's banks that are killing Europe, not simply austerity
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
Europe's Central Bank now even wronger on inflation
The Oracle
5/16
7 Sources
S&P has downgraded Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Growth Industries
5/16
4 Sources
The US government expects to make $51 billion from student loans this year
Fiscally Speaking
5/16
2 Sources
The CBO is still likely over-estimating future deficits
Oxpeckers
5/16
3 Sources
The New Yorker welcomes your anonymous leaks (but still won't publish your sonnets)
Housing
5/16
1 Sources
There may or may not be a housing bubble in places like Brooklyn and Menlo Park, CA
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