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By R.A. | WASHINGTON
TODAY'S recommended economics writing:
• A path is sought for states to escape their debt burdens (New York Times)
• How I screwed Yasser Arafat out of $2m (The Altucher Confidential)
• The deficit we want (Economix)
• Science closes in on the reason rich people are jerks (Big Think)
• The phantom 15 million (National Journal)
• The real cost of Chinese NPLs (Michael Pettis)
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