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October 12, 2009

The Washington Post staff share their picks for reading around the Web.

3 Questions: Robert Solow on the Struggle Ahead

MIT News | What is next for the U.S. economy--and the economics profession more generally? Robert Solow, one of the great economists of his generation, shares his views.

Wall Street’s Near-Death Experience

Vanity Fair | Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book on the near-collapse of the financial system last fall sheds light on how key players in Washington and on Wall Street interacted to avoid, barely, a calamity. An excerpt appears here.

Inside the Crisis

The New Yorker | An inside view of the Obama administration's economic team, with a particular focus on the (often-exhausted) Larry Summers.

By Sarah Halzack  |  October 12, 2009; 10:30 AM ET
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