For the commute home,
- WSJ reporting that Goldman is closing its Global Alpha quant fund. Reuters reported earlier that the fund was down 12 per cent year-to-date.
- The economist as hero (of a novel).
- Is it possible to differentiate monetary policy in a currency union?
- The incomes of America’s poorest and richest households.
- The Euro contagion band.
- Economists surveyed by the WSJ now forecasting a 50/50 chance of a euro zone breakup.
- We appreciate Paul Krugman’s linking to us and got a kick out of this (via, and hat tip to Stacy-Marie Ishmael)…

