Readings: Optimism, Dollar, Sexist Trades, Gas, etc.

• Why I am an optimist (Mauldin)
• What the iPod tells us about Britain’s economic future (Telegraph)
• The dollar and the budget deficit (Source)
• Organic mechanics in economics (FT)
• Girls can’t trade (EH)
• John Paulson’s Future Performance: No Guarantees (HedgeTracker)
• The price of gasoline and the demand for auto fuel efficiency (Chicago Fed)
• Bad Scrabble strategy, from Alaska (MR)
• As toll mounts, researchers peer into the H1N1 death spiral (Globe & Mail)

Related posts:

1. Changing Short-Run Elasticity of Oil Demand
2. Cost/Effectiveness of Improved Automotive Efficiency
3. U.S. is a Net Oil Exporter, Sort Of
4. Auto Fuel Cost/Mile: 1981-2007
5. Readings: Dollar, Dinosaurs, Deficits, etc.