Must Reads Friday, May 1, 2009
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John Mauldin on the great inflation-deflation debate InvestorsInsight
Feds delay stress test results… again Bloomberg
Blaming the rich, Irish style The Irish Times
Willem Buiter and the controversy at the Federal Reserve [video]The Big Picture
Meet the Cassandras: the 14 most strident critics of Obama’s economic policies Salon.com
Willem Buiter on why ‘green shoots’ are grounds for cautious pessimism FT
Report: Stress test results to be released on May 7 Calculated Risk
World Bank bonds show what happens when governments rush rescues Bloomberg
A Chrysler bankruptcy won’t be quick WSJ
Not too much to show for the first 100 days IBD
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