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There was very little reported news today.

There was no attempt to raise the pressure on Greece.
Spain is silent until Monday.
Paul Krugman is limiting his publication.
The slog is dealing with small news.
Zero Hedge, the gold buggers, are relatively quiet

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/06/links-62312.html

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Links 6/23/12

Blade Runner: Which predictions have come true? BBC
On Bubbles, Facebook, and Playing for Keeps: 10 Questions With Clay Shirky Wired
Why We Lie, Go to Prison and Eat Cake: 10 Questions With Dan Ariely Wired
How about a green recession? Aljazeera (Joe Costello)
Artic Drilling Vessels Get Military Protection Cryptome (Lambert)
What Gina did next The Age
45,000 joined demonstration against the restart of Ohi nuclear plant Fukushima Diary
Due to International Pressure, Tepco Agrees to Start Removing Radioactive Fuel from Fukushima Fuel Pool a Year Early George Washington
Chinese Data Mask Depth of Slowdown, Executives Say New York Times
Anti-military crowds mass in Cairo’s Tahrir Aljazeera
Austerity protests spread through Khartoum Aljazeera
Some unpleasant eurozone arithmetic Gavyn Davies, Financial Times
Why an ESM programme could be a kiss of death: Recovery values and subordination VoxEU
Debt crisis: Angela Merkel defies Latin Europe and the IMF on bond rescue Telegraph
Why devaluation isn’t a viable option for Greece: Insights from a small open economy VoxEU
Confidence Indicators Deteriorated Significantly This Week Rebecca Wilder, Angry Bear
Republicans’ Voter Suppression Project Grinds On Bloomberg (Ed Harrison)
At Bain, Romney Invested in Companies That Shipped Off American Jobs Dave Dayen, Firedoglake
QE3 launch unlikely to make waves Financial Times
Pimco’s Gross Warns Of Risk Assets As Aberdeen Avoids Stocks Bloomberg
Lehman audit investigator takes no action against Ernst & Young Guardian (p78)
Debt Solution 5 ducats. Setup is a bit of a straw man (a lot of people advocate debt restructuring, as opposed to forgiveness) but the discussion is still interesting.
How Much Inequality? Mark Thoma
Securitization Fail-Litigation Update Adam Levitin, Credit Slips



The Euro is toast.