Good Reads, Snow-Bound East Coast Edition

Author: Michael Moran  ·  January 18th, 2011  ·  260332http%3A%2F%2Fwww.economonitor.com%2Fanalysts%2F2011%2F01%2F18%2Fgood-reads-snow-bound-east-coast-edition%2FGood+Reads%2C+Snow-Bound+East+Coast+Edition2011-01-18+14%3A08%3A43Michael+Moranhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.economonitor.com%2Fanalysts%2F2011%2F01%2F18%2Fgood-reads-snow-bound-east-coast-edition%2F › Share This Print

An occasional roundup of what’s online from RGE’s executive editor:   

Smart NYT debate (with smart economists) on whether 9 percent joblessness is the new normal

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/17/why-jobs-havent-come-back?hp

Obama op-ed in WSJ on 21^st century regulatory needs

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703396604576088272112103698.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Jeremy Warner: can BP tame the bear this time?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/8265107/Can-BP-tame-the-Russian-bear-this-time.html

Conference Board: world productivity rebounds

http://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=4103

The Asian century: not yet, pal

http://www.cfr.org/publication/23794/asian_century_not_quite_yet.html

Mexico: five key political risks in 2011

http://www.roubini.com/emergingmarkets-monitor/260325/mexico__five_key_political_risks_in_2011

Washington prepares for Hu

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/Morning_Brief

Michael Goldfarb: the baby boomer laments

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12136706

Smart piece on the collapse of the multi-ethnic model

http://www.newgeography.com/content/001994-rise-hans

Josef Joffe says Tunisia’s tumult is about Tunisia, not the Arab model

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/81658/tunisia-revolution-riot-economy-democracy

Le Pen’s successor: Le Pen

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/france/110117/jean-marie-le-pen-marine-le-pen-national-front