By now, most everyone is familiar with Dubai's economic woes. The emirate's ongoing economic malaise has had a dramatic effect on the its Western expat population, who are leaving en masse. Fear of debtor's prison has led many to abandon their cars at the airport and catch a one-way flight home, while others have covertly escaped on rafts.

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Nouriel Roubini thinks that gold is overvalued: The recent rise in gold prices is only partially justified by fundamentals. Nor is it clear why investors should stock up on gold if the global economy dips into recession again and concerns about a near depression and rampant deflation rise sharply.

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Browse For A Cause is a browser add-on that collects affiliate revenue (usually 3-5%) from sites like Amazon to help charities. For example, if you buy a $20 DVD, the affiliate revenue equates to about $1 which is donated to the charity of your choice. You can support as many charities as you’d like, and [...]

Yesterday I lamented the dearth of optimism regarding the global economy, in spite of the fact that several emerging markets are having a relatively good crisis. Alas, analysts at Moody's have disregarded my plea. In today's Economix, Catherine Rampell points us to a revamped "misery index", which traditionally measures the sum of the unemployment and inflation rates.

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