Links on 8/15/2013

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Roberta Fay

Bash Brothers: How Globalization and Technology Teamed Up to Crush Middle-Class Workers – Derek Thompson – The Atlantic.

Why Is Inequality So Much Higher in the U.S. Than in France? – Matthew O'Brien – The Atlantic.

Stop Thinking That Tech Hacks Will Fix Our Surveillance Problems | Wired Opinion | Wired.com.

Storefront Window Turns Office Workers Into Zoo Animals | Wired Design | Wired.com.

Why are Appraisers Furious at Fraud by their Peers while Corporate Lawyers are Complacent? | New Economic Perspectives.

Debt Obligations and the Need for Regulation | New Economic Perspectives.

The FBI’s 2010 Mortgage Fraud Report Reveals Why the Banksters Love Holder | New Economic Perspectives.

*Ninety Percent of Everything*.

A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox – NYTimes.com.

With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring? – Bloomberg.

Why is Obama So Keen to Appoint Larry Summers to the Fed? « naked capitalism.

The Real Foreclosure Scandal: Why Have Virtually No Lawyers Been Disbarred? « naked capitalism.

Gmail security: Google says users have "no legitimate expectation of privacy.".

The Business Habits of Highly Effective Terrorists | Foreign Affairs.

“I don’t normally do this kind of thing”: 45 small fates – The New Inquiry.