Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse? Science News
The Unloved Guardian. I find Samantha Morton to be a brilliant actress, and had no idea of her horrific history, which she used as the basis for a film.
Information and the illegal market mechanism Trevon D. Logan Manisha Shah, VoxEU. Information asymmetry and male sex workers.
New Worries for Next Tier of BanksNew York Times
Recession, Far From Over, Already Setting Records Floyd Norris, New York Times
Tracking Loans Through a Firm That Holds Millions New York Times. This is scandalous, and I don’t scandalize easily these days. How can a clearinghouse have so little accountability? But we see this many places, starting with credit bureaus. A destructive pattern that has legal backing.
British economy shrinks at fastest rate for 30 years Guardian
Is Pastor Joel Osteen The Next Alan Greenspan? Susan Lee, Forbes
NPR Conspires With Realtors to Fleece First Time Home Buyers Dean Baker
Expert on Wealth Wins a Top Economics Honor Wall Street Journal. Congrats!
IMF Emerging Markets Veteran on the U.S. James Kwak
Day 3 of the “Why Won’t #Krugman Post On Bill Black?” Lambert. The MSM, and Krugman appears to be falling in line, is treating Black like radioactive waste.
More Servicers Approved for Treasury Funds Housing Wire
Geithner Sounds Darker Tone Than G-7 Wall Street Journal. Mirabile dictu. A bit of candor? If he keeps this up, I might have to concede he is growing into his job. But with Summers a force to be reckoned with, I don’t harbor much hope.
Frank urges White House on Tarp payback Financial Times. So who bought and paid for Frank? These firms were desperate for help, and now we’re going to let them slip the leash? Bill Proxmire must be spinning in his grave.
TALF Disappointment and the Fed’s Balance Sheet Tim Duy
Antidote du jour:
Bob Goodwin 
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Samantha Morton . . . there’s a tough and savvy broad. I’m not surprised to hear of her sorrows. There was a certain hardness to her in the few of her films I’ve seen that tends to be acquired one way. Her way. She made it; too few do. The strip near where I work is a magnet for the same, version PacNW. And her dealer told her to get an education!: take wisdom where you find it.