Well, Ain't That a Kick in the Nads. We're More Corrupt Than The Belgians?

Transparency International has posted the results of 13 independent surveys to tell us something completely unsurprising: We haven't been a 1st World Country in a very long time.

Savage Austerity

Sounds like a chartered accountancy romance novel.

from SquawkRadio

But alas, nothing so fun or engaging. Instead it's a more financially graphic explanation of how you are about to get screwed from William Buiter Citigroup Inc.’s chief economist. And looks a little more like this.