Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT

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Shiller on the Outlook

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Yale’s Robert Shiller in an interview worth listening to on the outlook.

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More Density in Cities

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:23 AM PDT

DENSITY isn't a magic elixir. One can't create wealth just by crowding people together; otherwise the super-dense metropolitan areas in emerging Asian countries would be richer than American cities. Density simply facilitates interaction. Interactions translate into wealth when a population is educated and local institutions support private enterprise and entrepreneurship.

via One Path to Better Jobs – More Density in Cities – NYTimes.com.

Readings

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Back from ten days of travel, including a too-short week hiking/biking in the Sierra Nevadas.

IPads Soon to Be Pricier Than Large-Screen Televisions: Chart of the Day – Bloomberg (Source)
Citigroup Sees U.S. Market Liquidity Drying Up: Chart of the Day – Bloomberg (Source)
ScienceDirect – Technological Forecasting and Social Change : How many singularities are near and how will they disrupt human history? (Source)
[1109.0214] Complexity (Source)
Universal laws and economic phenomena – Gerig – 2011 – Complexity – Wiley Online Library (Source)
The Area and Population of Cities: New Insights from a Different Perspective on Cities (Source)
Five Differences Between Ecological and Economic Networks (Source)
Fertilizing Nature: A Tragedy of Excess in the Commons (Source)
The God Clause and the Reinsurance Industry – BusinessWeek (Source)
One Path to Better Jobs – More Density in Cities – NYTimes.com (Source)
Hotel guestroom technology trends (Source)
Shadow sovereign ratings of the 56 unrated countries around the world (Source)
The $500-billion slow-motion European bank run (Source)
Pettis: Spain out of euro, Germany to negative GDP growth, BRICs get whacked, etc. (Source)