1/ Wall Street Journal - Secrets of the Economist’s Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank - are economists the cheapskates this article suggests?

2/ The Times - It was dead wood, now lumber is the ‘new oil’ - a super piece on a natural resource where demand drives the price in the short run. Lumber is poised to become the crude oil of the new decade. It all depends, analysts say, on Chinese building codes and the financial mathematics of 150 million new kitchen tables

3/ Open2 Net guide to economics

4/ Independent - The world in 2010: China continues its unstoppable economic charge -

5/ The Times - An outside bet for next emerging economy: sub-Saharan Africa - a fascinating piece by Carl Mortishead on the economic potential of Sub-Saharan Africa and the increasingly competitive battle between the United States and China for Africa’s vital economic resources.