New CrediblyConnect Feature: "Best Reads Of The Week"

Each weekend I will be blogging my "best reads of the week," along with their links. Thanks to everyone who sends me salient, creative and critical articles. Many of them will appear here each week . . .

Economics

America's Debt Woe Worse Than Greece (And an out of the box way to fix it)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/19/opinion/kotlikoff-us-debt-crisis/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Every Age Group In America Is Getting Poorer, Except One
http://www.businessinsider.com/every-age-group-is-getting-poorer-in-america-except-for-one-2011-9

Student Default Rates Rise Sharply (Especially in For Profit Universities)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/education/13loans.html?_r=1

Forgive Student Loans?  Worst Idea Ever
http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/09/19/forgive-student-loans-worst-idea-ever/

US Housing Starts Fall 5% in August
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-housing-starts-fall-5-in-august-to-571000-2011-09-20?siteid=bnbh

Feds Discouraging Americans From Saving Money
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/feds-discouraging-americans-from-saving-money/

Poverty In America:  A Special Report
http://www.zerohedge.com/node/438067

US Poverty Rate Hits Record High In 2010
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/13/2605070/census-us-poverty-rate-hit-52.html

Median Male Worker Makes Less Now Than 43 Years Ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/median-male-worker-makes-less-now-43-years-ago

Middle Class Death Watch:  As Poverty Spreads, 28% Fall Out Of Middle Class
http://www.truth-out.org/middle-class-death-watch-poverty-spreads-28-americans-fall-out-middle-class/1316275699

Only Advanced Degree Holders See Wage Gains
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/09/19/only-advanced-degree-holders-see-wage-gains/tab/print/

Wealthiest 5% Take Most Of Gains
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/16/the-top-5-grabbed-most-of-the-americas-gains/?mod=e2tw

For US Workers, The Lost Decade of Opportunity
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/for-us-workers-the-lost-decade-of-opportunity/article2169290/singlepage/#articlecontent

More Than One-Fifth of Mortgages Underwater
http://www.dsnews.com/articles/more-than-one-fifth-of-mortgages-underwater-report-2011-09-13

Doug Casey Answers The Hard Questions About Hard Times (Excellent Interview)
http://www.caseyresearch.com/doug-casey-answers-hard-questions-about-hard-times


Politics

The Great Obama Catharsis
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-great-obama-catharsis/?print=1

Is Romney Obama lite?
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/romneys-electability-card-is-a-joker-to-perrys-four-aces/?singlepage=true

Another Judge Finds ObamaCare Unconstitutional
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/median-male-worker-makes-less-now-43-years-ago


Government Inefficiencies and Corruption

Man Works One Day For Chicago - Receives $158,000 pension
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/09/man-works-1-day-for-chicago-goes-on.html

Why A Patriotic American Became An Expatriate
http://www.escapefromamerica.com/2011/09/patriotic-american-dave-vonkleist-expat-in-argentina/

Scientists On Trial For Failing to Predict Italian Earthquake (Overcriminalization taken to the extreme)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44596501/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/scientists-trial-failing-predict-italian-quake/#.Tn3Nntl5mSN