Epstein Secrets

om an American to an Asian century and the bloody reckoning this could bring with it. Are America and China on collision course in the tradition of Athens and Sparta, or Imperial Germany and Edwardian Britain? Some observers, such as Graham Allison and Joseph Nye of Harvard University, and recently s

ticle 6. The Washington Post Why the United States shouldn't support Egypt's ruling generals Robert Kagan Article 7. NYT Why Economics Failed Paul Krugman Article 8. The Washington Post How U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson is buying up Israel's media Ruth Eglash Arlecle I. The Weekly Standard EFT

12-2013 eurozone GDP forecasts this morning. German IFO business confidence prints at a 2yr low = 105.3 versus estimate 105.6. Troika heads back to Athens on Monday to review reform progress (or lack thereof) and possibly pave the way for a tweaking of the bailout terms. Goldman's Jim O'Neill was on CN

> Prisons, Privatization, NYT r=1> Patronage (Paul Krugman Op-Ed) IMF challenges Berlin's crisis response

to 136% of GDP vs the 120% target (note the Bundestag will be voting on the Greece bailout on Feb 27). Meanwhile another 48 hour strike has begun in Athens today. ***Trade Balance @ 8:30am, Michigan Confidence @ 9:55am, Treasury Budget @ 2pm*** ***Bernanke speaks on housing @ 12:30pm, China trade data

of Those Who Never Saw Lin Coming NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/nyregion/jeremy-lins-emergence-ignites-scramble-to- retail-his-jersey.html> Paul Krugman: Money and Morals NYT Op- Ed<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/opinion/krugman-money-and-morals.html> Gannett offers buyouts to 665 NY Post<http://

n full after refusing to take the losses that most other private bondholders grudgingly accepted as part of the 100 billion euro Greek bailout that Athens and Europe agreed to in March. The big winners this time, according to bankers and investors, were American and European hedge funds like Greylock

tions leading to a "grand bargain." Compromise again would have to be almost entirely on the Democrats' side. More importantly, economist including Paul Krugman, Evan Soltas of Wonkblog and Joe Weisenthal say that the current budget deficit is overwhelmingly the result of the depressed economy, and it's not