Economics and Investing:

Renewed Investor Interest For Silver In 2012

Sue C. sent this: Becoming Zimbabwe: When Nations Regress

The Economy In 2012:  Handle With Care

B.B. flagged this: Jim Rogers isn’t too optimistic about stock markets in 2012, sees longer term systemic collapse

Items from The Economatrix:

Euro Hits 11-Month Low Against The Dollar As Banks Hoard ECB Cash

Merkel’s Economic Advisor Won’t Rule Out Eurozone Break-up

30 Statistics that Show that the Middle Class is Dying Right Before Our Eyes as We Enter 2012

Mish Shedlock’s 2012 Predictions; 2011 Year In Review