Subject: Share the View -- A Berlusconi Risk Premium
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:00:16 +0000

Share the View -- Bloomberg View

A Quick Look at Bloomberg News's Opinion Section for July 31, 2012

THE EDITORS: Why aren’t Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talking about the
housing market? “Voters deserve a substantive conversation about
whether housing can be revived, to what extent mortgage credit should
be restored and what, if anything, the government can do to achieve
these goals.” [Read more] And in Italy, THE EDITORS write,
“prospects are troubled enough without the turmoil that a resurgence of
the billionaire media mogul” and scandal-prone former Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi would cause. [Read more]
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MEGHAN O’SULLIVAN: In Mexico, energy reform may be at least as urgent
as tackling the drug trade. “If Mexico can't stem its sharply
deteriorating energy situation, its ability to tackle other systemic
problems will be severely compromised.” [Read more]
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    4. http://bloom.bg/OEOlRN

RAMESH PONNURU: Democrats’ ultimatum to Republicans that “either they
stop trying to extend tax cuts for high earners, or they see
middle-class taxes rise” is an empty threat and a poorly-conceived
gambit. “
If Democrats sound like they’re the ones who are most willing to see
higher middle-class taxes, they will reinforce rather than counter the
impression of their party as enthusiastic tax- increasers.” [Read
more]
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    5. http://bloom.bg/OEOox0

WILLIAM PESEK: “As a recession takes hold in Europe and the U.S. limps
along, demand for yen assets has exploded.” Yet “something is afoot
that might reverse the yen's climb in ways Japan might not like, thanks
to the world's largest pension fund.” [Read more]
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    6. http://bloom.bg/OEOyo1

ALEXANDER FRIEDMAN and KIRAN GANESH: “The very actions central banks
and regulators have been taking to increase confidence in the banking
sector might be undermining banks' ability to lend. Although central
bank actions have lowered longer term borrowing costs, this has not
spurred credit demand.” [Read more]
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    7. http://bloom.bg/OEOyo1

CARRIE LINGO: “
If you’re not paying attention to Olympic women’s field hockey because
you think it’s a boring game played by slow women in long, pleated
skirts wielding wooden sticks over a dusty field, you may be missing
one of the most exciting competitions in London.” [Read more]
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