Monday Afternoon Reading

A rather interesting and eclectic set of readings:

• Inside the Crisis:Larry Summers and the White House economic team (New Yorker)

• The elusive leverage ratio (Rolfe-Winkler)

• Gold Is Still a Lousy Investment (WSJ)

• A Look Inside the Regulatory Kitchen (Matt Taibbi)

• Unemployment Becoming Leading Indicator for Pimco’s New Normal (Bloomberg)

• Todd Harrison interviewed by Steve Forbes (Video)

• Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs (Gizmodo)

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past (Telegraph) I guess this means he must wipe himself off the face of the earth~!