A fascinating broadcast report by Jeff Tyler on Homeless Economics at Marketplace.org. At least some homeless people want to be that way, and don't see it as a bad life.

Then the next day, Robert Reich had one on Middle East Economics, noting that the Middle East was relatively unintegrated into the world economy. In other words, globalization is an enemy of terrorism.

Here's an earlier report where various other Democrats made the same point.

Paul Blustein in the Washington Post made the same connection earlier.