May 28

“What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

Wall Street’s War (Rolling Stone)
Matt Taibbi strikes out again — this time at Goldman Sach’s lobbyist tentacles.

Not Enough Skin in the Game (NYTimes)
Even after FinReg,

Ireland: the hard path to austerity (CS Monitor)
Think workers are only protesting in Greece? Think again.

Risk and climate change (WaPo)
The oil spill shouldn’t just break the addiction to oil — it should break the addiction to risk.

Financial regulatory reform: turning private equity into shadow banking (CNNMoney)
Don’t worry, private equity’s got shadow banking totally covered.

Bad Analysis At The Deficit Commission (NYTimes)
Shockingly, the deficit hawks have their data all wrong.

Give us a huddle (The Economist)
FinReg conference has Wall Street biting its nails.

Reading, Ranting, And Arithmetic (Newsweek)
Higher immigrant population = lower crime.

Lending merry-go-round (YouTube)
Who’s on first, What owes Who some money…