Monday, October 13, 2014

READING FOR THE WEEK (10-13-14)

Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders was born today (Oct. 13, 1940)

Journey's Steve Perry leads 'Don't Stop Believin'' sing-along at San Francisco Giants playoff game (Billboard).

An historical perspective on quarantines and plagues over the past few centuries (Barry Ritholtz).

Not just the largest economy ... the 26 other ways the Chinese have surpassed the U.S. (Zero Hedge).

Fox deceptively clips Obama to claim Panetta interview revealed Benghazi deception (Media Matters).


THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG, I: THE GAME IS RIGGED
This is what's wrong with democracy in America (Nation of Change).

The Washington-Wall Street "Corruption Corridor" (Shah Gilani / Money Morning).

Investigation of D.C.-Wall Street corruption hits yet another roadblock (Shah Gilani / Money Morning).

This explains how markets get manipulated, and what regulators are doing to try and stop the manipulation that they know about (Money Morning).

The $16 trillion Federal Reserve lie is nothing compared to gold and silver market manipulation (Nation of Change).

This is wrong on so many levels ... A pension Jackpot for Wall Street (Nation of Change).


WHAT'S WRONG, II: THE GOLDMAN SACHS TAPES
The secret Goldman Sachs tape (Bloomberg View).

NY Fed fired examiner who took on Goldman Sachs (Pro Publica).

Secret recordings inside the Federal Reserve prompt Elizabeth Warren to call for an investigation (Nation of Change).


WHAT'S WRONG, III: THE FREE TRADE MYTH
NAFTA at 20: A legacy of (Economic Policy Institute).

Michael Perelman: Globalization, "Free Trade," and food as a strategic weapon (Naked Capitalism).


WHAT''S WRONG, IV: VOODOO ECONOMICS AND FAILED IDEOLOGIES
The "American Dream" is now a myth: How bad policies and a worse ideology ruined us (Salon).

Voodoo economics, the next generation (NY Times).

Inside the desperate conservative obsession with taking down Neil deGrasse Tyson (Alter Net).


IT'S THE WATER, STUPID
UK government says 'Never Mind What the People Want, Let's Frack'" (Nation of Change).

New desalination technologies spur growth in recycling water (Yale Environment 360).

Mideast water wars: In Iraq, a battle for control of water (Yale Environment 360).


MISCELLANEOUS
Police Sergeant pleads guilty to disconnecting camera and beating handcuffed man (Nation of Change).

Henry Kissinger stating what most of knew before we started the War in Iraq: "I don't think some people understood the extent of cleavages Shia and Sunni" (Prospect Magazine).

Why banking at the Post Office could be a better option than payday loans - and Wall Street (Nation of Change).

World population 2014: The 10 most populated cities (International Business Times).

- Mark 

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