Economics and Investing:

Tamara (of the View From The Porch blog), linked to this by Les Jones: Three tales of inflation

From DD: Retraining roulette: New skills, no new job

Trent forwarded this video link: Bullish Today, Marc Faber is “Highly Confident” the Future Will Be Very Bleak

Items from The Economatrix:

Weiss: From Deflation to Inflation. This is a significant change, because up until just recently, Marty Weiss had for more than two decades been warning about deflation.

World Stocks Lower as Investors Eye Fed Meeting

Oil Falls Below $71 Amid Weak Demand

House Moves to Extend Unemployment Benefits

IRS Extends Amnesty Program for Tax Cheats

Major Funds Prepare for Run on Money Markets


HSBC Bids Farewell to Dollar Supremacy


Ron Paul: End the Fed, Save the Dollar

Wells Fargo’s Ticking Time Bomb: Credit Default Swaps on Commercial Mortgages

Hawaii Businesses to be Hit with Soaring Unemployment Taxes


California, Nevada Reach Record Unemployment Records

Americans Won’t Be Rushing to Put Out the Blaze Next Time Wall Street Burns

How to Prepare for China’s Coming Derivative Default (Graham Summers)

The Housing Tsunami’s Second Wave