The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Wealth

Why avoiding office politics is NOT an option! [Fortune]

Why President Obama walked out of the debt-ceiling talks in the cabinet room. [Washington Post]

Why failure to reach a deal on the nation’s debt-ceiling could actually be a good thing. [CNBC]

The end of the era of the engineer: why one engineer argues this sector of the economy will add less value in the years to come. [Forbes]

Rupert Murdoch’s family agrees to appear before the British Parliament. [NY Times]