What I'm reading these days - 1st Week of August

Random articles I've found interesting over the last week or so, posted in each section from the oldest to the newest. Mostly for my own reminder, but if you feel like commenting, I'm always up for an interesting discussion in the comments! I've added a star system to signify the articles I found more interesting than the average interesting needed to get on the page and/or articles I very much agree with.

On the Euro Crisis:
Why the Olympics might let Draghi stay at the beach
The structure of EU debt and bonus pop quiz!
What Draghi Didn’t Do
☆ Here Bee Draghi
Winning over Buba
The Euromess Continues
Dos and Don’ts for the European Central Bank
☆☆☆ The collapse in trust in the EU and its institutions
More on Draghi’s “The ECB is All In” Bluff
Fed Watch: Quick Euro Update
Joblessness in Euro Zone Reaches Record High
This Isn’t The Draghi You’re Looking For
☆☆ Draghi: “Over the coming weeks, we will design the appropriate modalities for such policy measures”
☆☆☆ There be Draghis
☆☆☆ Was Draghi really a disaster?
☆☆ Second Policy Failure of the Week

Greece
☆ 23 crucial days for Greece
A painful Greek symbol
☆☆ For Greece there is an alternative to austerity – as Argentina proved

Italy
Regional debt in Italy is not like regional debt in Spain

Related - Other European countries
☆ The SNB eats euro cake
☆ The changing ingredients of that Swiss cake
UK GDP revision du jour


On the US Economy:
The Hobbled Recovery


Economy and Economics in general:
Dani Rodrik redoes his convergence result with better data
☆ Bail-ins, an exit consent challenge
Exit consents, UK law, and common sense
☆☆☆ Long-Term Unemployment: Anatomy of the Scourge
When simplicity is a real asset
Markets in everything, Indonesian traffic jockeys
☆☆☆☆ The strong yen robs from youth, but there is not much awareness here yet of generational inequalities
☆☆☆ The problem of Japan’s household savings
☆☆ When are insurers systemically important?
☆☆☆☆ The Great Factor-Price Equalization
☆☆☆ Trade-offs between inequality, productivity, and employment
The Meaning of China’s Economic Slowdown
☆☆☆ How to Cut Skilled-Labor Costs
When large-scale complex IT systems break
☆☆☆ A hard day’s Knight


Politics:
Wall Street Already Betting On Who Wins in November
☆☆☆ Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria
Islamists in North Mali Stone Couple to Death
☆ Egypt official: leader's letter to israel is fake
Mercosur embraces Chavez despite protests from business
Hacking Herman
☆ Shirin Aliabadi and the Iranian Girls

Miscellania:
☆☆ Deadly ebola outbreak in Ugandan capital
☆ Three PowerPoint tips you really need to know
Which Records Get Shattered?
How to Boost Your Medal Count in Seven Easy Steps
Chilli used by Indian army in weaponry is hot property for poor farmers
☆ A Day Job Waiting for a Kill Shot a World Away
☆☆☆ What is Deliberate Practice
Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano
More Germans leave their estates to Israel