Thursday Morning Links

MUST READS
Euro Crisis Shifts Mood for G-20 – NY Times
Euro’s Leaders Question Greek Membership – Bloomberg
Merkel and Sarkozy Halt Payments to Athens – Spiegel
Greek government on brink of collapse – Guardian
Bernanke Gives Impetus to New Stimulus – Bloomberg
A Few Bright Spots Amid U.S. Supercommittee’s Superdivide – Bloomberg
House Republicans make pitch to debt ‘supercommittee’ – Washington Post
Nonpartisan group offers US political alternative – Reuters
O.W.S. stages walk-out of Harvard econ class – CNN/Money
Bernanke to Occupy Wall Street: ‘I get it’ – LA Times
Average student loan debt tops $25,000 – CNN/Money
Bad Moon Rising – The Burning Platform

MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil near $91 amid fears Greece could leave euro – AP
Gold Higher On More Safe-Haven Demand, Weak Dollar – Kitco
Citigroup: “Bear Market Rally Is Behind Us” – Zero Hedge
Comparison of DJIA, 2007/08 vs. Present – Peter Brandt
The questions resource investors should be asking – Mineweb
October Surprise: Can Gold Be The Panama Canal Treaty Of 2012? – Forbes
Gold, silver, copper, and oil price technical outlook – StockHouse
Memo to David Einhorn re: Gold Miner Suckitude – Reformed Broker
The Politics of Gold Investment – Lew Rockwell
Gold Stocks – aucontrarian

ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING
Fed sees high unemployment for years – Washington Post
Nearly Half Of Oldest Unemployed Jobless For Over A Year – HuffPost
Could Japan’s economic malaise strike here in U.S.? – USA Today
China refuses to commit to EFSF amid Greek concerns – BBC
Greek Exit From Euro Zone Just a ‘Matter of Time’ – Spiegel
A Gravity Test for the Euro – Rogoff, Project Syndicate
The Man Who Saw Through the Euro – Cassidy, New Yorker
Bloomberg and Koch Deeply Split Over Blame on Fiscal Ills – NY Times
36% of O.C. listings are distressed homes – O.C. Register
That New Renter? Probably a Single Mom – WSJ
Ron Paul: Fed’s Still in QE – CNBC
Fed to Savers: No Help Coming – WSJ