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Economics and Investing:

America Bails Out A Thankless World [1]  Here is an excerpt: “Turns out the Fed had over a dozen emergency programs operating beginning in 2007-08, one of them lending close to $9 trillion to Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and other troubled institutions, often at the comical interest rate of 1%.”

John R. suggested this insightful piece by David at Deepcaster: Profit-Lessons from The Ongoing Europe/USA Crises [2]

Reader Davis sent flagged this: Mounting State Debts Stoke Fears of Looming Crisis [3]

Bob G. sent this item: The Patriotic and Moral Imperative for Owning Gold and Silver [4]

Items from The Economatrix:

FDIC Takes Gloves Off for Failed Bank Losses [5]  

Euro Slide Gathers Pace on Debt Crisis Fears [6] 

Holiday Shoppers Came Out to Spend in November [7]  

White House Presses Congress for Jobless Benefits [8]  

Fed May be Central Bank of the World After UBS [9]  

UK Banks Borrowed More than $1 Trillion from Fed [10]  

Fed Reveals it Dished Out Trillions to World Banks to Aid The Crisis [11]