Qaddafi’s Chicago connection (via Slate).

Spiegel explores how “not everything that looks green is good for the environment.”

Edward Harrison reminds us that corporatism and liberty are not one and the same (contrary to popular claims).

Stephen Pizzo on GE’s planned Ebola power reactor.

Saul Kaplan on the plight of young males.

Dean Baker on who reaps the rewards of productivity.

The Atlantic on the economic aftershocks of Japan’s earthquake.

A contrarian take on increasing oil prices.

Warren Buffett’s CNBC interviews on inflation, the Fed, the deficit, and more.

Why Apple already won against publishers.

Western multinationals are losing their luster as employers in developing countries.

Dean Baker has three good ideas on how to reduce the deficit.

How Facebook is ticking off small business owners (hat tip to Hilary).

Ndumiso Ngcobo’s piece on cubicles made me laugh.

Monologuist Mike Daisey’s thoughts on his new piece, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. If you’ve seen any of Daisey’s other pieces–I saw 21 Dog Years–you know how good this one will be.

Ultimi Barbarorum on how this is a TV revolution.

Pharmalot takes a look at the industry’s heavy investment in phone apps.

Scientists discovered a potential baldness cure.

CMO.com on elephants and riders.

Kay McDonald on corn’s domino effect.

A recent Minyanville article I wrote on investing in fine teas and truffles.

GigaOm on why Twitter shouldn’t let itself be acquired.

Adam Gopnik on the cognitive entanglement that the Internet has spawned. (via The Big Picture)

Becker-Posner on authoritarian regimes.

Get ready for ad-filled planes.

Diblert’s Scott Adams has a hilarious article up on the Wall St Journal.

Wonkette on fake commemorative 9/11 coins.

China’s technology Borg strategy (Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis).

Credit Writedowns on how to reduce the government deficit.

The new centrism and its discontents.

For some reason, I’ve never run across Trend Hunter. Until now. It’s good.

Is professionalism dead? (via Economics Roundtable)

Self-control in kids predicts future success (via Naked Capitalism).

American states’ economies in global context.

Abnormal Returns has a nice collection of articles on how not-lucrative blogging really is.

What the US-China summit was really all about.

How about a self-sufficient super yacht for your next weekend getaway?

Europe, the headless chicken.

1/3 of married people aren’t honest with their spouses about money.

Is your startup lying to itself?

13 glaring signs the market is forming another huge bubble.