Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Readable - 12/10/11


Finance/Economics:

Mechanics of a Euro breakdown - Izabella Kaminska/Finacial Times (Leaving the Euro is easier said than done)

"The greatest threat to the Euro is the bailout fund itself" - Zero Hedge (One of the best interviews in recent times by a Eurocrat)

The end of the fake recovery - Credit Writedowns

China's local debt pileup raising risk of hard landing - Reuters

China's trust loans are new lending valve - Patrick Chovanec

A skeptical view of China's latest bank bailout - Patrick Chovanec (The first in what should be a series of bailouts)

Chinese realty goes BOGOF - Macro Business

Wall Street, heal thyself - Devin Leonard and Romesh Ratnesar/Bloomberg (The end of the great financial bubble should bring Wall Street down to earth again, one way or the other)


Political/Social:

US foreign policy gone wrong, again: Haqqani network edition - Dan Froomkin/Huffington Post (At this point, I doubt anyone will be really surprised)

Scam money finding it's way back to India? - Firstpost

A self-targeting nutrition plan for India - Swaminathan Aiyar/Times of India (But what will happen to the  price of soybeans if India suddenly starts buying in large quantities? Maybe this calls for a slow and gradual change in procurement)

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