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- Prospect gives its list of the 25 most influential intellectuals during the financial crisis

- From the above list, Simon Johnson's The Quiet Coup. Not sure how I missed this one back in May, but it's a good read for those looking for a Big Picture view of the financial crisis and its implications.

- Free Exchange discusses the same WaPo review of the Fed that I tackled below; suggests that Fed is better equipped to deal with inflation than regulation: "It's time to learn a lesson here. An institution that missed a brewing crisis of this magnitude is an institution not set up to detect and prevent a brewing crisis of any magnitude. Something else is needed."

- Underwater robots help reveal history

- LOLFed takes stock of TIME magazine's love affair with Ben Bernanke

- Failure by global leaders to tackle global warming leads to new investment opportunities