Bailout

Counterparties

By Felix Salmon

Jake takes me to task on houses-as-investments. I leave a brief reply in the comments — EconomPic

Krugman defends cap-and-trade — NYT

Let’s levy a windfall tax on Goldman Sachs! — NYT

Why is Deutsche Bank raising its ETF fees? — FT

Grant Achatz’s 37-course menu for Paul Liebrandt. I think I’d prefer three courses at Corton. — Alinea

This week’s New Yorker has a David Foster Wallace short story — TNY

Kathryn Tully on monetizing penguins — Metro

“One of the ladies was so large that she physically wouldn’t be able to exit the aircraft through the emergency exit” — NYP

Charting crisis books per month — Kedrosky

Google search results are now personalized by default. Danny Sullivan explains why this is a big deal — Search Engine Land

One of the single best explanations of the credit crisis — Headwaters

Kirsten Grind follows up on WaMu — Portfolio

Gold Can?t Beat Checking Accounts 30 Years After Peak — Bloomberg

Full post as published by Macroprudential on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).