Bailout

Counterparties

By Felix Salmon

Obama’s speech as delivered — White House

TIME was writing about “banksters” in 1933 — Time

The change in composition of US exports to China over the past 10 years — CFR

Holy crap, Greek 2-yr yields over 10% — FT

“Ben Stein is not a BusinessWeek or Bloomberg employee. This was a one-time editorial contribution.? — Ritholtz

If we want diversity on the Supreme Court, maybe Obama should nominate someone who knows what a text message is — Lawyers USA

Fabrice Tourre To Testify To Senate On April 27 — TBI

Pretty color chart of US income taxes over time — Weathersealed

The new $100 bill has its own twitter account! @uscurrency, if you want to follow. Or watch the hilarious video — New Money

Yikes is right. But also, weirdly compelling — Yike Bike

“No longer can Goldman win mandates simply because it is Goldman. In fact, it may lose many for that very reason.” — TED

Simon van Norden has a good upsum of the SEC OIG report on Allen Stanford — Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

Full post as published by Macroprudential on April 22, 2010 (boomark / email).