The deficit problem: Dealing with America’s fiscal hole | The Economist
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
The Case for a Job-Creation Tax Credit – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com
Ron Paul Defends His Plan for Fed Oversight – DealBook [...]

Nationwide Says British House Prices May Fall on Job Losses – Bloomberg.com
Investors ask Goldman to be less greedy: report | Reuters
BBC News – Tobacco firm Philip Morris to pay out $300m in damages
Susan Boyle Makes Amazon History
Execution Dignity – Robin Hanson
Is the Fed Creating New Bubbles? – BusinessWeek
Palinoia – [...]

The Rise and Fall of Empires – Paul Kedrosky (cool visual)
FT Alphaville – A Minskian roadmap to the next gold mania
At Failed Banks, Post-Mortems Disclose Excessive, Yet Obvious, Risk – NYTimes.com
Economic Perspectives from Kansas City: Should America Kowtow to China?
FT.com – Fears of China property bubble
The Ayn Rand revival | [...]

Josh Reviews Everything: And then he took his pants off. Again.
frontline: a class divided: watch the program | PBS
In Case Someone Says You Couldnt See This Coming – Yves Smith
U.S. conservatives: Obama bowed too deeply to Emperor | The Japan Times Online
Bankruptcy Experts Challenge Obama’s ‘Too Big To Fail’ Plans – [...]

Economist’s View: "China and the American Jobs Machine" (And don’t fall into the Blame Asia Meme http://bit.ly/pseaY)
买黄金! | egghat’s blog (This German post says that owning gold was illegal in China six years ago. Now the message to get into gold is everywhere there.)
Toddlers insensitive to fear go on to commit crimes – [...]

Bailed-out Anglo needs €5.7bn cash but EC eyes wind-down – Independent.ie
Colts 35, Patriots 34 – Colts Pull Off Improbable Win as Patriots’ Gamble Backfires – NYTimes.com
Paul Krugman – World Out of Balance – NYTimes.com
Pay limits hamper BofA chief search: report
Inflationary armageddon? Not yet, but come 2011 it’s another story – Roger Bootle
FT.com – Gold output [...]

Japan Economy Accelerates, Reducing Danger of Renewed Recession – Bloomberg.com
Economist’s View: Fed Watch: Should the Fed Be Doing More?
China rounds on U.S. rates as global economic risk
The Best F**king Book About the Financial Crisis?
Richard Thaler – At Swoopo.com, a Price for the Thrill of the Auction – NYTimes.com
Economist’s View: "The [...]

Deluge of Pleas to Spare Oreo, Dog Thrown Off Roof – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com
Bob Herbert – A Recovery for Some – NYTimes.com
Bair calls U.S. bank bailout not a good thing | Reuters
It’s the stupidity economy – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com
Picture du Jour: Dow rally in perspective – Prieur du Plessis
BBC NEWS | [...]

FT.com – Lloyds raises new capital target as bondholders warm to CoCos (sounds like good investor appetite for Lloyd’s)
FT.com – Dollar knocked by China renminbi hints (Chinese showing they could revalue just before Obama arrives)
Goldman’s Complete Presentation And Transcript From The Merrill Lynch Financial Services Conference | zero hedge
Intel Pays A.M.D. $1.25 Billion to Settle [...]

Bear Juror Says U.S. Case So Weak She’d Invest With Defendants – Bloomberg.com
Russia Warns of Gas Crisis as Ukraine Faces Financial Turmoil – Bloomberg.com
Staatsbank HRE verliert 1,7 Milliarden Euro – Spiegel Online
WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show: Tweeting Tragedy (November 10, 2009) (This is about tweets at Fort Hood.)
Republicans Edge Ahead of [...]