Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):
Economics and the Financial Crisis
- Talking Business: Lehman Had to Die So Global Finance Could Live, by Joe Nocera
New York Times: “The Lehman Brothers failure caused a panic that spurred Congress to approve the $700 billion bailout.”
- Unboxed: Wall Street’s Math Wizards Forgot a Few Variables, by Steve Lohr
New York Times: “In the aftermath of the financial crisis, many experts want formulas for risk that look at human behavior and how it can change rapidly.”
Health Care Reform
- Flier on Health Reform, by Greg Mankiw
- “Too big to take a pay cut”, by Tyler Cowen
- News Analysis: Public Option Fades From Debate Over Health Care, by Robert Pear
New York Times: “Hopes for a public insurance program are faltering in the face of opposition from the insurance and health care industries and conflicting signals from the White House.”
Science
- Is Happiness Catching?, by Clive Thompson
New York Times: “Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler say your friends — and even your friends’ friends — can make you quit smoking, eat too much or get happy. A look inside the emerging science of social contagion.”