Economy:
Manufacturing, 3D Printing and What China Knows About the Emerging American Century – Forbes
More Than 25 Million Americans Are Unemployed Or Can’t Find Full Time Work – NPR
U.S. Payrolls Grow at Slowest Pace in Nine Months as Jobless Rate Climbs – Bloomberg
Rutten: The end of American optimism – LA Times
Drivers Stopping Means Red-Light Cameras Don’t Yield Cash Goals – Bloomberg
Markets:
Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse – TechCrunch
Oil Prices Climb Back to Pre-Reserve Release Levels – CNBC
World Food Prices Climb on Sugar, Dairy Costs, Stoking Inflation Pressure – Bloomberg
China Raises Interest Rates For Third Time – Forbes
Politics:
Generations of Pork: How Greece’s Political Elite Ruined the Country – Spiegel
QE2 Winners and Losers: How the Fed’s stimulus maneuver helped the rich and screwed the poor – Slate
The president’s failure to demand a reckoning from the moneyed interests who brought the economy down has cursed his first term, and could prevent a second – New York Magazine
Could America go the way of Greece? – CNN
Amazon Taxes Rely on Economic Fallacy – Future of Freedom Foundation
Europe declares war on rating agencies – Telegraph
Banks:
Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot – New York Times