Michael Lewis joins the Zero Hedge choir, takes on Joe Cassano: The Man Who Crashed the World
Other weekend reading:
More on StevePerkinsGate: PVM taking a page from the oldest playbook in the world (FT)
India joins China, Russia in questioning USD dominance (Bloomberg)
Palin to resign as Alaska governor, will not seek reelection (WSJ) [not even worth discussing the Republican due diligence process]
Ignoring prophetic predictors (Nader)
Staffer at SEC had warned of Madoff (WaPo, h/t dartmont)
Recovering ABS may relapse if TALF support pulled (Reuters)
Arnold's IOUs will pay 3.75% (Bloomberg) which Bank of America can't wait to launder with taxpayer money (PR)
China needs domestic consumption for economic recovery (Bloomberg), in other words a US-style credit bubble, combined with compelte fake economic data, can only go so far.
The Taleb - Tavakoli vendetta post-it update (Alphaville)
Banks own the US government (Guardian)
North Korea fires five more missiles (Bloomberg)
New York city sees slide in tourism (WSJ)