Economics and Investing:

Jim M. sent me this: Citi: Euro Collapse Would Spark Global Depression, Push Unemployment Above 20%

G.G. sent this: MF Global fallout delays U.S. farm seed, land deals

Copper theft becomes a crisis for public agencies. (Thanks to reader S.B. for the link.)

Daniel M. suggested a sobering piece by John Stossel: Ten Years to Greece
 
Standard & Poor’s to Eurozone: Fix It or Else…

Items from The Economatrix:

USPS Slowdown, 100,000 to Lose Jobs

Many Americans Already Done with Holiday Shopping

Soros:  Global Financial System In “Self-Reinforcing Process Of Disintegration”

Jim Willie:  “The Public Will Not Wake Up Until At Least One Million Private Accounts Are Stolen