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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/opinion/nocera-while-the-markets-swoon.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

While the Markets Swoon…, by Joe Nocera

“It’s hard not to feel a certain contempt for Standard & Poor’s in the wake of its downgrade of American debt.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/opinion/evolutions-gold-standard.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Evolution’s Gold Standard, by Diane Ackerman

“Why we humans seem to wanty for little but are craving nonstop.”