Much news about Dubai, of course. There’s far too much coverage to link to all of it. Alphaville has numerous good posts. Calculated Risk has a good round-up. Northern Trust has an analysis here. And Abnormal Returns provides the following links: WSJ, Calculated Risk, Aleph Blog, Barron’s, The Reformed Broker, VIX and More, The Money Game, Felix Salmon, Curious Capitalist
Debate on a Tobin Tax. Krugman supports it. Tyler Cowen has a different view. And Greg Mankiw thinks it’s unfeasible.
From Wired Science, Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing
From the NY Times, the 25 wealthiest senators from 2008:
Yeah, and I think when the New York markets opened on Friday, it was Kids' Day. Imagine getting the news about Dubai and having to entertain a bunch of little kids!
Posted by: Joe | November 30, 2009 at 12:53 AM
I suppose you could entertain them with pictures of the collateral -- all those projects do look very pretty, especially the underwater hotel (pun already noted by Brad DeLong: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/11/the-hydropolis.html )
Posted by: Kim Krawiec | November 30, 2009 at 01:17 PM