Thursday, November 20, 2008

Links from 11-20-1008 from Naked Capitalism

Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%' BBC

Researchers getting the lead out of electronics Network World

Don't Throw Me In That Briar Patch! Hilzoy

Is Obama really "Change we can believe in?" Ed Harrison

Record Options Trading Slows as Hedge Funds Fold, Prices Surge Bloomberg

The Dollar Trap Part II: Mutually Assured Financial Destruction Jesse's Cafe Americain

Why Can't We Admit That... Roger Ehrenberg

At WaMu, a Lack of Oversight Housing Wire

The Progress of the Financial Crisis in One Picture: Mortgages, Flight to Safety, Credit Lock Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser

Hurt by Losses, Pension Funds Criticize Rules New York Times. Funny how everyone gets to retrade their deal....except honeowners.

Panic of 1873 Redux? Stormy, Angry Bear

New Hope for Financial Economics: Interview with Bill Janeway Institutional Risk Analytics. If you are interested in the role of economics and finance theory in our current mess, this is a must read.

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