Best Links for the Last Week

The Economist - Buttonwood blog:  The magic bullet

• How the bulls believe quantitative easing will boost asset prices

Barrons - The Real Flash-Crash Culprits

• This article points a finger at brokerage houses...

New York Times - Dealbook blog:  Casting Doubt on Single-Trade Spark in Flash Crash

Reuters - Fed's Yellen:  Possible that low rates feed bubbles

• Duh?

PBS Newshour - Economists Earn Nobel Prize for Asking How Job Market Works

The Economist - Free exchange blog:  And the Nobel goes to...

New York Times - Rising Corn Prices Bring Fears of an Upswing in Food Costs

New York Times - Across the U.S., Long Recovery Looks Like Recession

Barrons - BAC:  Is $59B in Foreclosure Liability a Big Deal?

The Economist - Basket cases

The Economist - Free exchange blog:  Of course you realise this is nothing like war

Bloomberg - Foreclosure Fiasco's Trail Leads to Washington

New York Times - Bankers Ignored Signs of Trouble on Foreclosures

The Economist - Corn fed

• Another agricultural commodity surges

InvestmentNews - Raymond James' Jeffrey Saut:  'Manage the risks - not the returns'