Commentary on sustainability, the collapse in personal consumption in the US in 2008, what we believe, the time has come for Greece to pick democracy, and the police step in to battle internet attacks.

Is there hope for sustainability?

Project Syndicate -- The Sustainability Mindset
Markets and capitalist incentives have great strengths in promoting economic efficiency, growth, and innovation.

Quote worth quoting.

Commentary on making brain storming work, the Euro’s day of reckoning, the little big rally, is Japan next, the case for negotiating with Iran, China’s economic rebalancing, and Rex Murphy on what’s at stake in Ontario post-Drummond.

How to make brain storming work. (ed’s note – be rude)

Commentary on what a Chinese hard landing would look like, 40 years ago Nixon visited China, what a different ‘halftime in America’ commercial would look like, bailouts, what happens when interest rates go to zero, and what a smart natural gas strategy for BC would look like.

Hard landing in Chinese.

Financial Times -- A fate worse than a hard landing for China
What is a hard landing in China?

Commentary on how debt deflates the economy, China and human rights, Canada’s China play, America’s made for the rich budget, politics and innovation, is Greece being treated unfairly, and Canadian judges stir against mandatory sentencing.

A very interesting and very long interview on the study of economics, the dangers of fractional banking, and the challenge that debt poses to growth be it private or public sector.