Economics and Investing:

Reader Lee M. sent this: Europe readies the printing press: Europe’s central bank appears to have created a path to implementing Fed-like easy-money policies. If so, it is a huge game-changer for Europe, and the world, as inflation fears come to the fore.

Rex in Tennessee mentioned a piece by John Barnett over at The American Thinker: ‘Mountain Pride’ versus the Welfare State

How does a Gawker spell hypocrite? Gawker and Bain and the Caymans.

Report: Middle class will take years to reverse losses of last decade

Items from The Economatrix:

Top Investor Warns of “Financial Armageddon” as Soros Dumps Bank Stocks, Buys Gold

Gold and Silver Begin Launch on Schedule

Goldman Sachs:  Dump Stocks Before “Fiscal Cliff” Hits

US Silver Output Plunges Between January and May