Economics and Investing:

To follow-up on a previously-mentioned piece: Firearm-friendly towns in Idaho lure gun makers. (Thanks to Mitch C. for the link.)

Peter Schiff Back on Capitol Hill

Reader Tom K. found a Deloitte study that shows some insights on America’s true debt situation: America’s Debt Crisis: New research reveals five unexamined risks

Pierre M. suggested: Damning Evidence in the MF Global Case

B.B. sent this: Driven by gold and silver prices, thieves target coin collections

Global Financial System, A “Dead End of Historic Proportions”

Items from The Economatrix:

Greece Warned as “Beyond Repair”

The Euro’s “Guilty Men” Are Now Steering Europe to Catastrophe

CEOs Losing Optimism as Job Slowdown Imperils US Growth