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The top of our reading list discusses the economic role of household formation …… and the last article by Yves Smith describes how Fannie and freddie are being used for a backdoor bank bailout.
- The Most Overlooked Statistic in Economics Is Poised for an Epic Comeback: Household Formation (Derek Thompson, The Atlantic)
- A Look Back: The Year in Energy (Robert Rapier, Investing Daily)
- Could Google Lead the Next Tech Revolution? (Mark Knapp, Wall St. Cheat Sheet)
- Comment on House Prices, Real House Prices, and Price-to-Rent Ratio (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk) See our Analysis article.
- How to disarm Trump’s Treasonous “Nuclear Weapon” (William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives)
- China Opens Longest High-Speed Rail Line (Keith Bradsher, The New York Times)
- Nontraded-REIT valuations holding steady at year-end (Bruce Kelly, Investment News) After years of decline, estimated values down slightly or up in December.
- Over the Cliff (Scott Brown, Advisor Perspectives)
- Why are we debating cuts to Social Security? (Dean Baker, Al Jazeera) Dean baker is an occassional contributor to Global Economic Intersection.
- Administration Planning to Use Fannie and Freddie to Provide More Stealth Stimulus (Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism)
