Links: Dirt, Britain, Unintended Consequences, etc.

Some quick links to items of interest:

• Developer Sells Land Dirt Cheap To Reap Tax Benefits (WSJ)
• What Britain must do in the crisis (FT/Wolff)
• Private equity continues to have great parties, even if everyone’s depressed (PE Hub)
• Unintended consequences of Bernanke/Paulson’s actions (Bloomberg)
• Intermittently interesting Al-Jazeera (?) video on how Iceland got itself into the global credit bubble (YouTube)
• Market crises drive alcohol consumption, or at least beer sales (Anheuser-Busch)

Related posts:

1. Real Estate & Unintended Consequences
2. Unintended Consequences of Big-Screen TVs
3. Allergies & Unintended Consequences
4. Unintended Consequences of Offices
5. Links: Pimco, Russia, TED, Broker/Dealers, etc.