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How to protect euro from Greek exit
The rest of the euro zone doesn’t seem prepared for Athens quitting the single currency, even though the chances have shot up. Here’s a four point contingency plan to prevent the euro unravelling. The tough part will be to get Germany on board.
Instagram’s Facebook filter
The startup had millions of users, but, from the beginning, just one customer.
The strange vogue in dumping U.S. citizenship
Michele Bachmann wanted to be Swiss (briefly). Eduardo Saverin wants to be Singaporean. What is it with the elite exodus from American citizenship?
Should we ditch the idea of privacy?
A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict what information we share with others may not be a good idea. Instead, sharing our intimate, personal information with others would benefit us individually and as a society.
JP Morgan: When basis trades blow up
This time around, the basis-trade disaster has happened at JP Morgan, where the famous London Whale seems to have contrived to lose $2 billion on what was meant to be a hedging operation.
Halting the Corvair made America safer
The tragic saga of the Corvair and its victims did, as Ingrassia points out, produce consequences, but only as part of broader revelations regarding the industry suppression of long-known safety devices now taken for granted by car owners. Today people expect air bags, seat belts, padded dash panels, head-restraints, better brakes, steady vehicle handling and overall crash protection.
Obama and the politics of party unity
For many Americans, supporting a party that advocates both their vested economic interests and their social preferences has become hard to do.MOST COMMENTED
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