Articles on a 9/11 what if, another save the Euro plan, reflecting on some of Imperial Britain’s children, underpaying women, the rocky path still ahead, more on Rick Perry, how economists aren’t helping, how voters are bankrupting democracy, explaining falling rates of crime, careful what you say about Thailand’s King, the next saviour, and whose next for the NDP/Liberals?

Only if ….

Vanity Fair -- 9/11: The Tapping Point
What if, two years before the 9/11 attacks—with the installation of a cell-phone-and-Internet system in Afghanistan—the U.S. had been handed complete access to al-Qaeda and Taliban calls and e-mails?

An innovative solution to Europe’s dilemma, debt slicing.

Financial Times – Euro Crisis Requires Market Solution
Ultimately the euro crisis remains a pressure cooker building up steam despite the protestations of the currency system being saved by multiple political interventions.

An Imperial history lesson. Thanks to David of London.

Telegraph – How Empire Snobbery Kept Order Worldwide
A difficulty in writing about the British Empire is that it seems so absolutely a thing of the past.

Women still get paid less for the same job.

Economist – Hundred Years’ War?
WILL it be a century before female managers in Britain earn the same as men?

It might be that the people that only look at their brokerage statements at the end of the month didn’t realise want happened. It might happen again. Thanks to David of Victoria.

Pdf below -- Rosenberg - A Plain-Vanilla Correction - More Like a Rocky Road

The panic has started, another religious zealot from Texas.

Washington Post – Rick Perry is No Libertarian
As my Post colleague Perry Bacon reported in detail this week, Rick Perry has jettisoned the “compassion” that sometimes leavened the conservatism of his predecessor in the Texas governor’s mansion.

The dangerous thing about economists is they that continue to pretend that they are scientists.

The Fiscal Times – What Caused the Financial Crisis? Don’t Ask an Economist
What caused the financial crisis that is still reverberating through the global economy?

The fiscal problems with democracies. (ed’s note – and the other systems?)

National Post – Voters and Debt
In trying to comprehend the meaning of the sovereign debt crisis now enveloping the United States and Europe, we must confront the fact that the fault ultimately lies with democracy.

Related.

Financial Edge – Top 6 Most Indebted Countries
The recent financial crisis and recession have been a worldwide occurrence. 

Strong communities help reduce crime. (ed’s note – we thought it was the falling number of young males).

Guardian -- Why is crime in the US at a historic low?
We may never know precisely what causes crime, but we know a lot about what can beat it: active citizens in strong communities.

Speak softly.

Asia Sentinel -- Did Canadian Firm Snitch over Lese-Majeste Charges?
Anthony Chai, a naturalized United States citizen from Thailand, is suing a Canadian internet firm for US$75,000 in damages over allegations that the company provided information to Thai authorities that was used to arrest him in 2006 on lèse-majesté charges.

This time it’s different. (ed’s note – it couldn’t get any worse).

East Asia Forum – Yoshiko Noda, Japan’s Not-So-Ordinary Prime Minister.
Yoshihiko Noda’s victory in the race for the DPJ leadership this week greatly surprised the pundits and even many in the DPJ itself.

Whose next?

Vancouver Sun -- Opinion: Voids in leadership leave NDP, Liberals vulnerable
Federal Liberals and New Democrats are in repair mode this week, readying themselves to confront an all-powerful Conservative government when the Commons reconvenes on Sept. 19.