Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):
Economics
- Secrets of the Economist’s Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank, by Justin Lahart
“Economists are often cheapskates.”
The Economy
- Uncertainty and the Slow Recovery, by Gary Becker, Stephen Davis, and Kevin Murphy
“A recession is a terrible time to make major changes in the economic rules of the game.”
Financial Crisis
- Error vs. Fraud, by Alex Pollock
“How do groups of intelligent, sophisticated bankers, investors, borrowers, entrepreneurs, and traders find themselves caught together in the recurring bubbles and busts?
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Highly Recommended
“It was a year of Hope — at first in the sense of “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!””
Public Policy
- Prohibition: A Cautionary Tale, by Thomas Fleming
“America’s experiment with banning alcohol created problems that persist to this day.”
Terrorism
- Intelligence Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, by Gordon Crovitz
“President Obama doesn’t need an investigation to figure out how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab got on a Detroit-bound plane.”