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The top of today’s reading list says “Being self-employed is … a dignified way of describing the loss of full-time employment.” …….. and the last article is about finance earnings about to surpass those from technology companies.
- Go freelance and work harder. But will you work better? (Buttonwood, The Economist) “Being self-employed is … a dignified way of describing the loss of full-time employment.” “Britain has created an army of underpaid freelancers.”
- Commodities 2013 Halftime Report: A Time to Mine for Opportunity? (Frank Holmes, Advisor Perspectives) Frank Holmes contributes to Global Economic Intersection. See most recent article.
- 1% Growth: QE Policy a Failure, Time for A Change (EconMatters) EconMatters contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- Investors clamoring for stocks turn backs on fixed income (Jason Kehart, Investment News)
- Even Oil Executives Know Oil Prices are Too High! (EconMatters) EconMatters contributes to Global Economic Intersection. See related article at GEI Investing.
- America is Flat (Paul Krugman, The New York Times) In the U.S. Ricardo’s comparative advantage is ‘losing advanatge’ in a geographic sense, except for agriculture.
- “Never Bet Against the Fed” (Craig Eyermann, Political Calculations) Hat tip to Advisor Perspectives/dshort.com)
- Bulls and bears duke it out on China (Unconventional Economist, Macro Business) See also GEI News.
- President Obama Could Give Middle Class a Bailout with SPR Release (EconMatters) Econmatters contributes to Global Economic Intersection. Relief is needed from rising oil and gasoline prices.
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- Assessing the Trilemma (Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser) Menzie Chinn contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- Finance set to surpass tech as most-profitable U.S. industry (John Shinal, USA Today) The “takers” rise to the top as the “makers” get squeezed out.
