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MartyManley

  1. Martin Wolf: EU on a journey towards break-up that Germany could change (?) but shows little will to alter. ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4…
  2. GOOG, FB, LNKD, GRPN, YELP, and ZNGA all issue dual-class shares: investors get no control rights. Bad idea? goo.gl/z9kXS
  3. What views can you hold about Spain? Tyler Cowan lists fact-justified views. Bottom line: is Spain too big to bail? - goo.gl/5v0Xm
  4. Giving opportunism a bad name: 2/3 of GOP think Obama can help lower gas prices. And 2/3 of Dems thought Bush could. washingtonpost.com/politics/2012/…
  5. Friedman: Obama a great orator, but lousy at trumpeting his achievements. He's right, but isn't that Joe's job? nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opi…
  6. Planning for the Eurocalypse: done chaotically, this will make crisis of 2008 look like a dinner party. baselinescenario.com/2012/05/28/the…
  7. I'm celebrating my 25th, but this guy knows how to propose! Congrats to Amy and Isaac! youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7Qr…
  8. Does the pain in Spain make it the new Greece? Is Catalonia the new California? Will Eurocrats elect Romney? Arghh.. nytimes.com/2012/05/26/bus…
  9. Wow. 25 years ago today I made the best single decision of my life and married @annosax. Thanks and Happy Anniversary sweetheart!
  10. Jason Calacanis on 5 steps to fix Yahoo! Best: offer 100 great writers $500k/yr for first rate content. pandodaily.com/2012/05/23/wha…
  11. Should stocks be sold at fractions of a cent? Sure. And Tobin-taxed at fractions per trade as well. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
  12. Study finds women as well as men are more likely to see women than men as sex objects. Might need cuter guys ... m.theatlantic.com/health/archive…
  13. Cheryl Sandberg's wonderful, personal, inspiring grad day talk at HBS. Really well done. Hope she runs for governor poetsandquants.com/2012/05/24/she…
  14. The NY Times 45 Best Places to Visit in 2012. Top US location, between London and Tokyo, is Oakland, CA! #waytoohip. goo.gl/I60JJ
  15. Matt Miller: after fixing GM, Obama has more private equity chops than Romney, but less room to brag about it. goo.gl/PHtTx
  16. Most amazing Doodle yet: a tribute to the great Robert Moog featuring a synthesizer that works -- and records! g.co/doodle/24pbnj
  17. Nate Silver's brilliant analysis of voter elasticity: why some swing states have few swing voters -- and vice versa. fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/swi…
  18. The best predictor of a business-friendly state? Low taxes? Nope, the lack of crazy licensing rules. Matt shouts out. goo.gl/KUrUo
  19. The end of a long road for Caballo Blanco, aka Micah True, the ultra marathoning loner at the heart of #borntorun. nytimes.com/2012/05/21/spo…