Fiona Hill & Clifford Gaddy | National Interest | 4 January 2012 Intriguing profile of Russian leader. Canny, persuasive, able to “disappear in a crowd of two", he plays the tough-man for show. An avid student of Russia's past, now he's the "writer, manufacturer, and manipulator of history" Comments Keith Fitz-Gerald | Money Morning | 4 January 2012 "Banks, trading houses are leveraging your money to increase their profits – just as in the run-up to the last financial crisis. Only this time, things may be worse." It's time to understand the concept of "rehypothecation" Comments Robert Reich | Robert Reich | 4 January 2012 Idea of public institutions is that they're paid for by all, especially the well-off, and available to all. America is now shifting to a system of private goods, available only to the rich, and supported by the rest of us Comments Andreas Ulrich | Spiegel | 4 January 2012 Profile of Calabrian mafia. Main business: Cocaine wholesaling. "Our customers in Germany are mostly pimps and a large biker gang. We deliver in units of 50 to 70 kilograms." Biggest headache: How to invest all the profits Comments Brett Forrest | Capital New York | 4 January 2012 Remember her? Of course you do. Now with her own TV show and luxury lifestyle bankrolled by financial arm of Russian space agency. But is she a manufactured Russian hero and sham, or was she something more serious? Comments Sarah Dickerman | Slate | 4 January 2012 What's so special about pepper, that it gets to sit next to the salt on almost every dining table? It's a fine spice, but by no means a universal one. Why not salt and cumin, or salt and coriander, or salt and soy sauce? Comments | 
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