I’m still experimenting with names for what is essentially my favorite reads of the week from around the blogosphere and beyond. Let me know what you think of “Weakonomics Web Junction” or simply, WWJ.
I’m also giving an editor’s pick, which will be featured in the title and get a special paragraph.
My very first Editor’s Pick goes to Bargaineering blogger Jim. He’s got a series of posts where he plays a Devil’s Advocate. This week he’s convinced me to stop donating money to charity. Please read his post (linked above) and follow him on Twitter.
I’m a victim of too much browsing and having too many RSS feeds. I’m often lost in the headlines of boring personal finance and economics articles (including my own). But every once in a while something jumps out and grabs my attention. Here is the best of the rest I’ve read this week.
- The publishing arm of Harvard Business School has a fantastic website I’ve recently found. Their blogs are insightful, if sometimes a bit finance heavy for the casual reader. This week I read a post where some experts weigh in on what the signs will be of an economic recovery.
- CNBC made a documentary called “House of Cards” about the Wall Street credit crunch. It is a fantastic documentary that takes you inside the closed doors of investment and mortgage companies. Though it is guilty of vilifying the entire industry like any other in depth look, it is still a fantastic look inside. My favorite quote from the website was an internal email between some Wall Street types back in 2006: “Let’s hope we’re all wealthy and retired when this house of cards falters.” The documentary is now online. Thanks to Stead Fast Finances for the link to the documentary.
- My favorite car blog after Autoblog is Jalopnik. Jalopnik has successfully convinced me that the single person most responsible for this recession is Eddie Griffin. Had Eddie never crashed the world’s most expensive Ferrari, we’d be fine. Way to go Eddie.
- Finally, The Broke Grad Student created a chart of his interest in economic news over the past few months. It took me a couple of seconds to get it, but you’re smarter than me.
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