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* Want to know what caused the 2008 financial crisis? Don’t ask an economist.
* Dropbox is raising new cash at a $4 billion valuation, but it could have been even higher
* Morning Call: U.S. futures advance ahead of ADP jobs report, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei flattens.
* Charles Hugh Smith: The limits of engineering
* Robert Reich: “Rick Perry is a closet liberal”
* MG Siegler: “Microsoft has become a baggage handler”
* Barry Ritholtz: Apple’s creative destruction of competitors
* Ben Berkowitz: Irene wallops floundering flood insurance program
* Blast from the past: Frank Quattrone is still facing a dotcom-era lawsuit
* The Brett Favre of tech? HP exec says company may revive the Touchpad
* Difference of opinion: Groupon PR boss quit over way company has handled its “quiet period”