Ed, in comments on the previosu post, made a request for a post on the Occupy Wall Street movement. As with the movement itself, I have more enthusiasm than analysis to offer at this point. I went to a (very small) meeting a couple of weeks ago which was part of the planning for a similar protest in Washington starting on 6 October (more info here). Things have certainly grown since then, and it could be quite a big event.

In the generally undirected spirit of the movement, here is an open thread for your comments, predictions and so on.