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The top of today’s reading list reports on the automation of wind power production control…….. and the last article discusses investment scams based on investor ignorance.
- Big Data From Talking Turbines Signal Productivity Boom (Shobhana Chandra, Rich Miller and Peter Burrows, Bloomberg) Are big productivity gains blowing on the wind and whispered by machines? And how does this translate to improved incomes for the huddled masses?
- Reince Priebus: Obama Wants ‘A Shutdown Of The Government’ (Chris Gentiliviso, The Huffington Post) The best defense is a good offense.
- CHART OF THE DAY: The Complete Financial Crisis in One Chart (Sam Ro, Business Insider)
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- Repeating myself on the “Debt Ceiling” (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk)
- Only thing we have to fear from the taper is fear of the taper itself (Warren Mosler and John Carney, CNBC) Warren Mosler contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- How the 1 percent won the recovery, in one table (Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post)
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- Should We Help End Cuba’s ‘Special Period’? (Janet Tavakoli, Tavakoli Structured Finance) Janet Tavakoli has become a contributor to Global Economic Intersection. Read first article here.
- Leading Employment Indicators Suggest New Highs Ahead (Chris Puplava, Advisor Perspectives dshort.com) Global Economic Intersection contributor Lee Adler says that stock advances have been greater than coincident employment data improvement would indicate, suggesting the market may have discounted the leading indicator strength the Chris Puplava is looking at and be ahead of itself.
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- Loon Dance (WCAX, Burlington, VT, Facebook) Hat tip to Northland Journal.
- Scammers Salivate Over Americans’ Investing Ignorance (Michael S. Fischer, ThinkAdvisor) Men, older investors are especially vulnerable to outlandish promises, FINRA Foundation says.