5-11-09

5-11-09--[“The Story of Stuff” video] is a cheerful but brutal assessment of how much Americans waste... NYT A1
--Many smaller [USA] companies complaining of abusive practices by their larger rivals were so frustrated by the Bush Administration’s antitrust policy that they went to the European Commission and to Asian authorities. ==NYT A3
---Remember that what the rest of us call health care costs, [the health care industry] call income–Krugman, NYT A21
--[Cliff Arness who runs the $20 billion asset-management firm AQR Capital said] “Hedge funds really need a community organizer.”—WSJ C1