Interesting Items 8/30

Comparing Corrupt Practices Across Countries

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-30/what-s-the-difference-between-u-s-chinese-corruption-.html

Lobbying and US Lawmakers

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/us/politics/health-lobby-tries-to-undo-dialysis-cuts.html

Argentina and International Sovereign Debt Default Laws

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/business/fears-of-a-precedent-in-argentine-debt-ruling.html

Five Years after the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/five-years-after-the-lehman-brothers-collapse-by-mohamed-a--el-erian

Nice Profile of Economist Stanley Fischer

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/09/pdf/people.pdf

Scarcity: Why having too little means so much by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Sharif

Book Review:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/23/scarcity-sendhil-mullainathan-eldar-shafir