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Breakfast Links: July 19, 2011

— The sharing economy.

Like President Obama, I can never get a universal remote control to work.

— Bill Clinton says he’d use the 14th Amendment option.

— It sounds insane, but I’ve come to believe that Section 31 § 5112 clause (k) of the US Code authorizes Tim Geithner to mint platinum coins in any quantity and denomination he wants and get around the debt ceiling.

Pass the popcorn as the UK Parliament questions Rupert Murdoch.

— As I said on Twitter yesterday, this would be a great time for George Soros to launch his hostile takeover bid for News Corp.

— Borders heading into liquidation as absolutely everyone refuses to buy the company.

— Shockingly, Richard Cordray is gonna get filbustered.

— 53 percent of self-identified Republicans think there’s no problem if we don’t raise the debt ceiling.

— Dwight Howard says he’s considering playing abroad. He should go.

— Learning, signaling, and the economic rewards to college for professional basketball players.

— A consumer bust is a natural consequence of the prolonged wage bust.

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