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Recession-proof lunching in Sausalito

Some cafes and restaurants around the San Francisco Bay area are quite innovative in terms of marketing, adapting swiftly to any new trends.

Although in the end I opted for an old-fashioned “Sausalito burger”, rather than their en vogue “Recession proof” lunch.

The Economist’s books of the year. A few from the ‘economics & business’, ‘science & technology’ and respectively, the ‘biography’ sections are on my to-read list for quite a while now.

Greg Mankiw’s memo to the President-Elect; there is a chance Obama might actually listen, given how fast Mankiw’s comment changed things here :-).

The secret pleasures of Dr. Doom: and you still wonder why Roubini has so many fans among the young economists?!

AAA-rated CDOs and Norwegian village pension funds .

Somehow I missed this post of Greg Mankiw from a few months ago, though it is indeed way too good (reminder via one of Mankiw’s recent posts, where the focus is on the financial crisis made clear for kids).

… or just Stephen Colbert and his Formidable Opponent getting drunk on Dr. Pepper … “It was a steaming pile of hot slapping assets“, indeed :-).

This and Jon Stewart’s Loan interview with Paulson and Bernanke are the best depictions of the ‘financial mess & bailout’ so far :-). → Read more