links for 2007-12-22 Nicholas Antongiavannini: Curtains for the Necktie? Matthew Yglesias: He recommends Thomas Keneally's A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia Calculated Risk: BofA: Attitudes Changing Towards Default Dana Ford: Tent city in suburbs is cost of U.S. home crisis Daniel Gross: What steakhouses reveal about the weakness of the U.S. economy George Anders: Now, Even Borrowers With Good Credit Pose Risks David Enrich and Diya Gullapalli: Banks to Abandon Super-SIV Plan