Counterparties
Two weeks until Latin America’s first gay marriage! — Inca Kola
49 million Americans lack dependable access to adequate food, the largest number ever — Alea
Alloway sums up what we do and don’t know about those weird Goldman CDO structures — Alphaville
More tales of price-gouging by Verizon from Pogue — NYT
“Duh” news of the day: Study finds eating dark chocolate helps people deal with stress — Epicurious
James Kwak asks why on earth we’re allowing tax-loss carry-backs. It makes no sense! — Baseline Scenario
My contribution to a Newsweek listicle; unfortunately they’ve jumped onto the white-on-black bandwagon — Newsweek
CNN paid Lou Dobbs $8 million to quit — NYP
Newsweek tries to convince NYT that 50% ad drop isnt that bad — NYT
It’s good to be Elin McCoy, living the life sybaritic at the Villa D’Este — Bloomberg
Clay Shirky on ontology, circa 2005. Still very fresh — Shirky
Hedge funds aren’t too big to fail. Even in aggregate, they’ve proved systemically unimportant — Rivast
Lesbians are better parents — Times
Town’s ‘Diana style’ show of grief for dead albino rodent — Daily Mail
Must-read Pinker review of Gladwell and his “cherry-picked anecdotes, post-hoc sophistry and false dichotomies” — NYT



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Felix: You are your best when you focus on econ, business, finance, etc. In that arena you are insightful and original. We aren’t interested in your political views.
As long as you’re pointing people to Pinker on Gladwell, maybe you could rethink linking to the epicurious linkbait, which is based on Nestle asking 30 people.