Wall Street Makes It Hard to Earn Legal Living: Alice Schroeder A group of university students I spoke to recently asked if it was possible to make a living on Wall Street without compromising your values. I had to tell them no.

Buffett Revisits Hunting Ground for Survivors: Alice Schroeder Warren Buffett called Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s deal to buy the part of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. that it doesn’t already own an “all-in wager on the economic future of the United States.”

Gold Tells You U.S. Bubble Hasn’t Popped Yet: Alice Schroeder If you owned stocks and gold and had to sell one, which would it be?

Debt Raters Have No Place in Brave New World: Alice Schroeder It boggles the mind that the ratings companies are getting what amounts to a pass from Congress as it imposes wholesale repairs on other parts of our broken financial system. This is one of the places where big changes could matter most, so we will regret it if we waste this opportunity.

‘GOD OF STOCKS’ Chooses China as the Winner: Alice Schroeder The rock-star treatment I received on my recent book tour in China makes sense only if viewed through the lens the Chinese apply to American culture: Its importance is relative to whether it can make you rich.

Buffett Is Less Bullish on U.S. Than You Think: Alice Schroeder To the unschooled ear, Warren Buffett’s reassuring words that “America’s best days lie ahead” and that he’s buying U.S. stocks sound prescient, not preposterous.

Tara Reid’s Mammary Makeover as U.S. Metaphor: Alice Schroeder Americans so far have stubbornly refused to spend their way out of this economic crisis. It’s time to acknowledge that’s about as likely to happen as actress Tara Reid is to sign up for more breast-implant surgery.

Madoff’s $200,000-an-Hour Beats Tiger Woods: Alice Schroeder “To the best of my recollection,” Bernard Madoff told the judge in his guilty plea on March 11, “my fraud began in the early 1990s.”