Interesting Items

Despite Good US Jobs Report, Concerns Remain

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-unemployment-war-needs-more-help-from-lawmakers/2012/02/02/gIQAkQYmmQ_print.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/02/03/the-hiring-hare-will-soon-morph-into-a-tortoise/tab/print/

Brazilian Growth Attracts Workers Back

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/expats-lured-by-brazils-booming-economy/2012/01/13/gIQA4jnasQ_story.html

Economic Cassandras – Is It Time to Ignore Them?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/economic-doomsday-predictions.html

Economist Christina Romer Highlights the Inefficacy of Government Trying to Prop Up the Manufacturing Sector:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/do-manufacturers-need-special-treatment-economic-view.html

Trouble At Japanese Industrial Behemoths

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/05/japan-technology-disaster-doubt

Being Green is Not Easy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577198922867850002.html