Remarkable and interesting. Merging the two categories as links of the day..

More Charts of the Day: Italy Works Over 20% More Hours Than Germany and France | Credit Writedowns

Europe Stocks Rise on German Confidence – Bloomberg

EU Banks Selling ‘Crown Jewels’ for Cash – Bloomberg

FT Alphaville » The IMF as the ECB’s unsecured borrower of last resort

Debt crisis: live – Telegraph

Alan Blinder: The Euro Zone’s German Crisis – WSJ.com

Study debunks myths about gender and math performance

No, the Bundesbank has not reached its limit | vox – Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists