Health Care Effect: Weekend Reading

Lastly, here are some articles and papers worth reading:

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• China vows to hit back if targeted by U.S. on yuan (Reuters)
• Trillion-Dollar Pension Crisis Looms Large Over America (Institutional Investor)
• Senior economist warns of 'triple-dip' threat (Risk)
• Barron's says there will be no double-dip recession and goes bullish on Hasbro(HAS) (Barron's)
• If the stock market's up, it must be rigged...right? (Los Angeles Times)
• Big Man In Brazil (Forbes)
• The Case for a Consumption Tax on Big Spenders (The New York Times)
• Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises (NBER)
• Stabilizing stock market boosts companies' public debuts (SiliconValley.com)
• The Way We Live Now - Who Needs Wall Street? (The New York Times)
• Could A Global Trading "Network Map" Prevent Another Lehman Brothers? (Institutional Investor)
• Is the Potential for International Diversification Disappearing? (SSRN)
• I.M.F. Warns Wealthy Nations on Debt (The New York Times)
• How to prevent the next global crisis (Fortune)
• Dubai Shares Climb to 2-Month High on Debt Plan, Saudi Arabia (Bloomberg)
• Pine beetles threaten North American forestry (UPI)

-- Written by Paul Kedrosky in La Jolla, Calif.

At time of publication, Kedrosky had no positions in stocks mentioned.

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