Paul Kedrosky: Readings 01/23/09

Geithner warning on Yuan may renew U.S.-China tension (Bloomberg)
“Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money” (The Atlantic)
Roubini and Albert Edwards think China is going to take S&P 500 much lower (Bloomberg)
Pfizer in Talks to Buy Wyeth in $60b deal (WSJ)
TSMC exec thinks global semi industry will shrink by a third this year (FT)
Fab-tool, material markets plummet (EETimes)
Harvard sale of private equity stymied by low market prices (Bloomberg)
In Ironic Twist, U.S. Taxpayers Are Approaching Net Debt-Free Status (Zero Hedge)
A look back at the economy, in presidential terms (St. Louis Fed)
India's street vendors sales down 50 percent (FT)
Britain reluctant to join crackdown on tax havens (SGuardian)
Paying bonuses while Merrill Lynch burned (FT)
At the tipping point: Inflation vs deflation (PHN)
Interview With Michael Lewis (Atlantic Business)
'Boom and bust' theories are no guide to today's economic turbulence (Guardian/Skidelsky)
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (Amazon)
Sentence of the Day: Richard Simmons trumps open-heart surgery (Marginal Revolution)
How to Bury Gold and Beat Metal Detectors (Bogleheads)
Banks Die Too Fast for the Regulators (WSJ)
Japan looks set for another possible lost decade (Bloomberg)
Heavy-tailed distributions in fatal traffic accidents: role of human activities (arXiv)