Krugman massages the numbers to show that the middle class has been left behind, including a chart measuring median (and mean) family income over the last 75 years.

FORBES: Paul Krugman Is a AAA Rated Security Gone Bad

Secretary Chu announced earlier today that the Department of Energy has offered and Japan has accepted an aerial measuring system capability, including detectors and analytical equipment used to provide assessments of contamination on the ground.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

President Barack Obama has demanded more transparency on tuition and called for schools to provide data measuring student outcomes in areas including debt and employment.

WSJ: Liberal-Arts Colleges Dangle Deals to Woo Students

It has proposed sensible reforms to America's private-pension insurance system, including tying premiums to risk and a more accurate method of measuring pension assets and liabilities.

ECONOMIST: America's pension insurer sinks deeper into deficit

First they hear from a galaxy of experts and interest groups about e-crime issues including privacy and security on social networks, digital forensics, measuring the cost of e-crime and international cooperation.

BBC: Week ahead