peHUB First Read
* Brad Feld: Venture capital as a produce supplier * Clay Shirkey: Does the Internet make you smarter? * The New York Times fights back against Foursquare and Yelp * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London falls early, European shares retreat and the Nikkei loses nearly 4%. * How pension funds exploit credit default swaps * Today in carried interest: James Robinson says populist blather is approaching high-water mark (remember Jim, I was blathering at the low-water mark) and the Economix blog weighs in. * 10 states with the highest % of residents who work for the government (much more red than blue...) * On Thursday, a Stifel Nicolaus analyst said that American Capital was risking bankruptcy. On Friday, it looked like his note may have changed the company's fortunes.
