Click Here to Read:  Meet the American Banker Who Helped Hitler Loot Jewish Gold—While Spying for the OSS  Thomas McKittrick, head of the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, was a key go-between for the Axis and the Allies By Adam LeBor on the Tablet website on  August 30, 2013.

Thomas Harrington McKittrick (date unknown) and the BIS headquarters in 1931, in a former hotel in Basel, Switzerland.(Collage Tablet Magazine; original photos courtesy of BIS)

Click Here to Read:   Poor people aren’t stupid; bad decisions are from being overwhelmed, study finds by Naggie Fox on the In Plain Sight webste on August 29, 2013 .

Click Here To Read:  Would Karl Popper have invested in emerging markets? by Giles Turner on the Financial News Website on August 23, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  Why China’s Leaders Know There’s A Storm Ahead  by Tyler Durden’s  on the Zero Hedge.com website on July 27, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture: High Rates of Poverty, Disability and Mental Illness Haunt Elderly, Pose Growing Economic Challenge by Tom Orlik in The Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2013,

Click Here to Read: The embarrassment of riches: In austere times, how much money you make can be the most shameful of secrets by Julia Llewellyn Smith in the Sydney Morning Herald on March 5, 2013 .