A little weekend reading...
Written by Anthony Demangone
Here's the best of this week's reading pile. Â Enjoy!
- Not only did we not cause the crisis, we continue to provide extreme consumer value. NAFCU Study: Americans see $17 billion in benefits yearly from tax-exempt credit unions.  Everyone, pat yourselves on the back.  It is well deserved.
- Target. Target staff raised concerns long ago. (WSJ) Also, firesale is under way for cards stolen in Target Breach. (Krebs.) All right...Credit Unin Outhustles Big Rival in Data Breach Damage Control. (American Banker.)
- Concerned about age demographics? Read/watch this. Wow. (Calcuated Risk.)
- Household debt ratio at lowest level in 30 years. (Calculated Risk.) Also, California's inland emmpire continues to heal. (Calculated Risk.)
- More Congressional scrutiny coming over college debit cards? (Foxnews.)
- The FDIC sues eight directors of a failed bank. (American Banker, subscription required.)Â
- It has been cold in the old US of A. Here's why. (NASA)
- Greece just posted its first account surplus. Ever. (Business Insider.)
- The 1% more savings calculator. Brilliant! (The Big Picture.)
- Leaders should eat last. (The Fast Track.)
- More than meets the eye. The dark origins of 11 classic nursery rhymes. (Mental Floss.)
- Smother, covered and chunked. Waffle House leads the way in showing how to respond to a snow storm. (NYT)
- Some 2014 legal predictions for credit unions. (Kaufman and Canoles.)Â
- That's a nice picture. The elegance of the egret. (National Geographic.)
- Lies. Damn lies. And then there are statistics. Why the 1929 Chart is a bunch of nonsense. (WSJ)
 Have a great weekend, everyone.
