Tweets of the week

Best Tweets of the week

Some of my favorite tweets from the past week in no particular order:

Planetmoney

1. This administration forecast for solar surprised me -- you can barely find it on the chart /lc http://snurl.com/jp2fs
2. The solution to the financial crisis? We have to be more boring: http://bit.ly/IR7SU
3. To continue your Chart-y Friday, a chart of economic growth across income distribution. Courtesy of @freakonomics /mk http://bit.ly/PED15
4. More fun charts! Comparing the economies of NAFTA countries /mk http://bit.ly/SLw6S
5. Italian officials seize $134.5 billion in U.S. bonds from two Japanese nationals. Likely fake, but unconfirmed /mk http://bit.ly/RCz7a
6. Took out a mortgage in 2007? There's a 20+% chance you'll default on it says FHA. Thanks to @ananelson for the idea /mk http://bit.ly/A0uBL
7. LA Times:House prices drop 84% in outlying areas of CA. Now cheaper to buy than was in 1989: http://su.pr/1hZ0q1 (RT @ericabiz, et al)
8. Indicator: Molson cuts free beer (or $1300/person) from retiree's pensions to save $1 million a year. /mk http://bit.ly/88DxJ
9. Intern Matt, Canadian, says he's never heard of "kickball." Apparently they call it "soccer baseball" up there. I feel sort of betrayed /lc
10. The official rules of the amazing sport of soccer baseball, brought to you by the City of Toronto /mk http://bit.ly/glgh4

Simeonesense: Miguel continues to find amazing content!

1. How psychological biases can make a mess of our financial decisions.: Here’s a good primer on behavioral f.. http://tinyurl.com/n8tszo
   
2. Video: Michael Lewis On The End of Wall Street: I just found this Michael Lewis talk . Do not listen to the fir.. http://tinyurl.com/kqnvb3
3. Video: The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives: Awesome video (via Cal Tech)…... http://tinyurl.com/mmymg9
4. Daily Behavioral Bias: Illusion of Control: I have decided to start posting a daily behavioral bias and it’.. http://tinyurl.com/lcnoa8
5. Daily Behavioral Bias: The Representative Heuristic: Bias/ Heuristic: Representative Heuristic Quick Definition .. http://tinyurl.com/nfufjc
6. Daily Behavioral Bias: Overconfidence: Bias: Overconfidence Definition: “People are overconfident. Psycho.. http://tinyurl.com/nx77b2
7. Remembering Peter Bernstein: Peter Bernstein recently passed away. He was one of my favorite writers I read all .. http://tinyurl.com/np3cg

Clusterstock

1. First Teaser For Michael Moore's Wall Street Movie http://bit.ly/XpQ9v
2. Hey New York, Here Comes The Housing Bust http://bit.ly/p0eg6
3. Houses More Affordable Than Any Time Since The 1960s http://bit.ly/DgUOQ
4. Inflation Will Save Us! Inflation Will Save Us! (1933 Propaganda Film) http://bit.ly/IztSO
5. CHART OF THE DAY: How Many Big Macs Does A Barrel Of Oil Buy? http://bit.ly/ERHuc
6. Minimum Wage Hike Coming At The Worst Time Possible http://bit.ly/MdfPw
7. Ron Paul's "Fed Transparency" Bill Gets Majority House Support http://bit.ly/182dP9
8. 10 Things That Could Still Go Wrong With The Economy (SLIDESHOW) http://u.mavrev.com/9zur
9. Report Exposes Federal Reserves $2.1 Trillion Bailout Balance Sheet http://bit.ly/uMTlf
10. Nassim Taleb's Big Idea: There's Too Much Debt Out There http://bit.ly/17ccre

WayneMarr (give him a break, he was on vacation for a few days but still had a ton of great posts!)

1. Do Environmental Regulations Cause Firms to Exit the Market? ... http://bit.ly/HilRy
   
2. Uninsured Americans vs. Insured Canadians: Who is More Satisfied with Their HealthCare? http://bit.ly/EP696
3. SSRN Calculating the VIX in #Excel http://bit.ly/fGhCZ
4. Tax: States with Low #Beer Taxes Have More #Breweries [causality?] http://tinyurl.com/lxaurq
5. HBS Blog: Three #Reasons Why Your Resume Ends Up in the Discard Pile job -- GOOD POST http://tinyurl.com/mwj2jk
6. New York Fed: Why Did #FDR's #Bank Holiday Succeed? http://tinyurl.com/le2n6g

Columbia_Biz

• Ideas at Work: Prof. Brett Gordon looks at @intel & rival AMD to see if competition really begets #innovation: http://bit.ly/8xE1g

(answer? Not always!)

HarvardBiz

1. The Daily Stat: Education's Effect on Personal Finance http://bit.ly/4HHlq
   
2. Audio Debate: Are Executives Paid Too Much? http://bit.ly/182kb
   
3. Can We Please Stop Saying the Market is Efficient? http://u.mavrev.com/a2ud
   
4. Peter Bernstein's Lasting Lessons http://bit.ly/g7Maf
5. (Good) CEOs Are Underpaid http://bit.ly/250S1
   

publicoffering

• Andrew Umans '10 blogs about #microfinance and a S&L co-op in Ruhiira, Uganda: http://bit.ly/oYsND
• Does doing good make you more attractive? Yes, it does, so get volunteering! Story w/ research from CBS's Stephan Meier http://bit.ly/qGnBN

Mises:

1. Why I Expect Serious Stagflation: When doing interviews for my new book on the Great Depression, a natural quest.. http://tinyurl.com/kq2ekw
2. Dead Banks Walking: It's widely acknowledged that hundreds if not thousands of banks are on the ropes and just w.. http://tinyurl.com/kjo24t
3. Response to the "Market Failure" Drones: Now that we're living through the bust, on the other hand, many people .. http://tinyurl.com/km6s5h

Miscellaneous

• WestPan RT @Convertbond: Paul Volcker, "not an environment in which inflationary pressures are likely for some time to come" http://bit.ly/h3dYJ
• EverydayFinanceSome stats from BusinessWeek on auto industry-interesting. US only 3% global mkt-Japan, Gmy each close to 40% http://bit.ly/pcCRP
• researchpuzzler allaboutalpha looks at research showing alpha declined as hedge fund AUM and fund nos. rose, reversal at hand? http://bit.ly/vzz2X $$
  
• CanWireAre we at Peak Oil? - http://tweeting.ca/0hp (Economist.com)
• Footnoted SEC's Breheny says SEC rules require comp committees to be independent, but independence measure pretty broad #comphearing

• Lura_Forcum 7 Questions for Richard Posner at the Economist blog: http://is.gd/TbNy judicial empathy, behavioral economics, stimulus spending, etc.

• KevinLacroix--New German exec comp law requires execs to pay 1.5% of annual pay toward D&O insurance http://bit.ly/10KkJL (HT @kranenburgesq)

• Kiva So far today: 866 loans have been made on Kiva.org to US entrepreneurs and $29,700 has been lent to support US businesses!
• Jimmahar (yeah me!) Cool post tying together Time's Are Stocks Still Good for the Long Run? w/ stuff from @zbodie et al. http://cli.gs/WJ3R85
• TonyWeaver: New GM chair: "I don't know anything about cars" wonderful.GM not car company anyways,it's a healthcare provider& pension fund

A funny tweet. MikeVaccaro (a SBU grad btw): If Dave Eiland offers no other advice to Joba he must tell him this: "For God's sake, stop watching Wang pitch."

While not a tweet (yes I did tweet it), please read the following post and if you can, make a donation in Jonathan's name.

And I would be remiss if I did not at least mention some of what was going on in Iran. Good luck. I put together a link for my family and friends to keep up with it. Here it is if it helps.