What I've Been Reading

I think there have been a number of particularly great articles especially under what I've termed "Productivity, Psychology & Inspiration". Yeah, it seems like the interesting list keeps getting longer... though I suppose maybe this means I should post it more frequently.

Development
Making fun of celebrity advocates (aid watch)

China
Profits at State Owned Enterprises down 20% (chinaeconomicreview.com)
Stricter rules require government officials to disclose assets (reuters.com)
China inflation could spark yuan appreciation in 2H09 (chinaeconomicreview.com)
Don't worry about inflation in China ... for now (eapblog.worldbank.org)
The dollar is dead - long live the renminbi (telegraph.co.uk)

Economics, Politics & Regulation
Outfoxing the chicken tax: People respond to (perverse) incentives (gregmankiw.blogspot.com)
Telegraph: The UN loves Barack Obama because he is weak (telegraph.co.uk)
[Proud to be Canadian:] Canada boycotts Iranian UN speech (ottawacitizen.com)
Family businesses prioritize survival over profitability? (economist.com)
For those who want legislators to read every word of every bill (volokh.com)
How i became a Keynesian (tnr.com)
2010 State Business Tax Climate Index (taxprof.typepad.com)
And don't let us catch you being neighborly again (reason.com)

Technology & Trends
The NetFlix prize - another success for crowdsourcing (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

Productivity, Psychology & Inspiration
Tightwads and big spenders are attracted to each other and then make unhappy marriages (futurepundit.com)
Why you should buy 5 year old car and sell it after 10 years. (PDF) (infochimps.org)
Catch a liar by making him draw (neuronarrative.wordpress.com)
If you need to work better, maybe try working less (wsj.com)
We're more likely to behave ethically when we see rivals behaving badly (scienceblogs.com)
Examine hand gestures and smiles to detect lying (lifehacker.com)
Susquehanna: an inspirational tale in the world of finance (phillymag.com)
33 ways to get and keep yourself motivated (dragosroua.com)
Meet the man who sells $89 million of diapers each year online (inc.com)

Strategy, Sales & Marketing
Business development: Forming partnerships, brand extensions (sethgodin.typepad.com)
Wronged customers respond better to apologies than cash (economist.com)
Biggest sales management coaching blunders (sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com)

People Management
The kinds of employees you want to hire (businessweek.com)