10 Boxing Day Reads
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On December 26, 2011 @ 8:30 am In Financial Press | 15 Comments
Some reads for your Boxing Day pleasure:
• Ending the Year With a Bewildering Bang (Barron’s [1]) see also S&P Turns Positive for 2011 (AP News [2])
• Simon Johnson: Why do we keep bailing out bankers while demanding austerity for everyone else? (Slate [3])
• Yes, Ben Bernanke is Still Bending the Bond Market to His Will (WSJ [4])
• The Great Economic Divide Makes Everyone Poorer (Fiscal Times [5]) see also No One Is Above the Law (Economix [6])
• Why your business needs humor (CBS [7])
• A Dispute Over Who Owns a Twitter Account Goes to Court (NYT [8])
• The Coal Age Is Nearer to Its End (WSJ [9])
• WikiLeaks And The Future Of Journalism: An Interview With New York Times’ Scott Shane (Neon Tommy [10]) see also News as a process: How journalism works in the age of Twitter (Gigaom [11])
• Private Actions Are Not Precluded Under Martin Act, Panel Decides (New York Law Journal [12])
• Fascinating long form article: Navigating Love and Autism (NYT [13])
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Source: Real Time Economics [15]
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[1] Barron’s: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703679304577108580999194086.html
[2] AP News: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/dow-futures-rising-15220237#.TvhyyL8lpGw
[3] Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/business/project_syndicate/2011/12/bank_bailouts_why_are_we_helping_banks_and_demanding_austerity_for_everyone_else_.html
[4] WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2011/12/22/yes-ben-bernanke-is-still-bending-the-bond-market-to-his-will/
[5] Fiscal Times: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2011/12/20/The-Great-Economic-Divide-Makes-Everyone-Poorer.aspx#page1
[6] Economix: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/no-one-is-above-the-law/#more-139789
[7] CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57340858/your-work-may-be-serious-but-your-business-doesnt-have-to-be/
[8] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/technology/lawsuit-may-determine-who-owns-a-twitter-account.html
[9] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204464404577114642286810250.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
[10] Neon Tommy: http://www.neontommy.com/news/2010/12/wikileaks-and-future-journalism-interview-new-york-times-scott-shane
[11] Gigaom: http://gigaom.com/2011/12/21/news-as-a-process-how-journalism-works-in-the-age-of-twitter/
[12] New York Law Journal: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleFriendlyNY.jsp?id=1202536220178&slreturn=1
[13] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all
[14] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gift-cards.jpg
[15] Real Time Economics: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/12/24/number-of-the-week-billions-in-gift-cards-go-unspent/
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