Subject: Share the View -- Anemic Job Growth Bad Omen for Economy … Orszag: Aluminum Proves Milton Friedman Wrong … High-Speed Trading as Progress?
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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:03:34 -0400

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A Quick Look at Bloomberg News's Opinion Section for April 11,  2012

WILL U.S AVOID A RECESSION IN 2012 (PART II) by Gary Shilling – “Employment
in the U.S. has gained in recent months because businesses have, at least
temporarily, run out of productivity enhancements that had allowed them to
cover output gains with reduced staff. […] The drop in initial claims for
unemployment benefits reflects the decline in layoffs, but that’s not the
same as new hires, which have risen much more slowly than job openings.”
[Link.]
  Links:
    2. http://bloom.bg/HFxlbg

MILTON FRIEDMAN PROVED WRONG (BY ALUMINUM) by Peter Orszag – “Commodity
prices have fluctuated substantially over the past few years. The
controversial question is, are financial speculators to blame?” [Link.]
  Links:
    3. http://bloom.bg/IhWo58

IS HIGH SPEED TRADING ACTUALLY PROGRESS? By Bernard S. Donefer –
“High-frequency technology has also been wrongly blamed for sudden
instability in the markets …But criticisms of HFT are overblown, and … more
regulation -- unless wisely applied -- is likely to do more harm than
good.” [Link.]
  Links:
    4. http://bloom.bg/IL7pHs

Also, Bloomberg View editors compare President Obama’s budget to Paul
Ryan’s: not “as far apart as you might think.” [Link.]
  Links:
    5. http://bloom.bg/Iq46Jq

And Richard Sylla and Robert E. Wright go back in time – to 1812 -- to put
together a “Fortune 500” list of that era that shows “banks and insurance
companies dominate the list …” [Link.]
  Links:
    6. http://bloom.bg/Hvcq7x

And Margaret Carlson on how unexceptional was the GSA boondoggle. ([7]Link.)
  Links:
    7. http://bloom.bg/Hvcynq

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