Econintersect: Click Read more >> below graphic to see today’s list.
The top of today’s reading list discusses radiation effects on U.S. babies from the Fukushima disaster …….. and the last two articles address economic challenges for China.
- Study: 28% Increase In Thyroid Problems In Babies Born After Fukushima in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington (Washington’s Blog) Washington’s Blog is a Global Economic Intersection contributor. Infants are much more vulnerable to radiation than adults but radiation safety standards are set based on the assumption that everyone in the world is a healthy man in his 20s. See also this and this.
- Investments in Education May Be Misdirected (Eduardo Porter, The New York Times)
- Articles about solar powered transportation: Solar Car (Purdue Solar Racing) and Solar Plane (Scientific Computing). The solar plane can fly all night!
- Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis (Christoph Schult and Anne Seith, Spiegel Online)
- Why This Bull Will Probably Keep Running For At Least Another Year (John Overstreet, Seeking Alpha) Hat tip to Bob Millman.
- Analysis: Stockton and San Bernardino, a tale of two bankruptcies (Tim Reid, Reuters) See also GEI News.
- U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decreased to 15.3 million annual rate in March (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk) Down slightly from February but up 8% year-over-year.
- Bank of Cyprus: Best Bank for Private Banking 2012 (Caitlyn, The Big Picture)
- What’s in store for China in 2013? (Gordon Orr, McKinsey Quarterly, January 2013)
- Why China’s economy might topple (Martin Wolf, Financial Times) See a similar assessment by Michael Pettis last year.
