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The top of today’s reading list says “scrap the welfare state and give people free money” …….. and the last article gives three bear market signals now flashing.
- Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money (Matthew Feeney, Reason.com) No, this is not some left-wing socialist idea.
“Reason Foundation advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law.”
- China is Finally Ready For Real Currency Reform. The Future of Hong Kong Hangs in the Balance. (Allison Jackson, The Financialist)
- Japanese Stocks Continue To Outperform (Aaron Levitt, Investopedia)
- Greg Mankiw Is Concerned About Accelerating Inflation (Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research) Dean Baker has contributed to Global Economic Intersection. This is a chart that Mankiw did not show when he wrote about wage inflation.
- Back to the future in New America: our new class structure (Fabius Maximus) Fabius Maximus contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- China Said to Plan Crackdown on Banks’ Loan Limit Evasion (Bloomberg News)
- The falling deficit has been a disaster for the GOP (Ezra Klein, The Washington Post) They’ve lost their raison d’etre.
- Will this be a lost decade for profits? (Matt Busigin, Macrofugue Analytics) Too many good graphics to pick just one.
- The Trouble With Economics Is Economists (Paul Krugman, The New York Times)
- Three Ominous Bear Market Signals (Chris Chivacco, Financial Sense) Hat tip to John O’Donnell. Keys are Momentum, Breadth and Credit Risk On. Here is the momentum story:
