Interesting articles spotted ...

Couple of recent pieces: 

Jean-Claude Trichet's (can you tell we're getting to be fans?) talk in Syndey, Australia on Feb 9  "...the lessons to draw from central bank experience over the past half century."  He's making arguments for a particular set or flavor of lessons learned.  Not sure I get enough of it to have a real opinion, but he's one of, if not the most,  cogent people talking this stuff.

Bob Herbert's Feb 9 NY Times Op Ed.  In which he makes the case that most of the people in country earning less than $150k annually are getting wiped out.  Some real numbers, and real consequences possible if they're accurate.  A major theme not generally getting a lot of airtime.

Both worth a look.