Bailout

Counterparties

By Felix Salmon

” I’d call it the worst cell phone I’ve ever used, but to do so would woefully undersell the sadists who’ve unleashed this little gadget of horrors upon an unsuspecting public” — Slate

?What was that, darling?? commented Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post. ?Oh yes, we will do all of that, of course. Whatever you said. Yes, we will do it.? — Politico

Consumerfinance.gov is live, with a logo and everything — CFPB

Hernando de Soto with sobering data on “Egypt’s Economic Apartheid” — WSJ

Students insisted on the existence of the Pacific Northwest tree octopus, even after researchers explained the information on the website was completely fabricated — MySA

Full post as published by Macroprudential on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).