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The top of today’s reading list reports on the dark side of free trade with respect to cigarette marketing…….. and the last article shows proof that the argument Obamacare is increasing part-time employment has no basis in fact.
- How cigarette companies use free trade deals to sell more cigarettes to women and kids (Tim Fernholz, Quartz) Building a new clientele of victims in emerging markets.
- Do Firms Go Bad? (Lee E. Biggerstaff, David Cicero and Andy Puckett, VoxEU) Poor ethics leads to fraud and poor corporate outcomes. To paraphrase, rot starts at the top. Any surprises here?
- The federal government needs your money more than you do (Roger Malcolm Mitchell, Monetary Sovereignty) Roger Malcolm Mitchell contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
- Two Thirds of the Time This Pattern Leads to Lower Stock Prices (Chris Kimble, Kimble Charting Solutions, Advisor Perspectives dshort.com) Chris Kimble has contributed to Global Economic Intersection.
- Money is not true wealth (Part II – The Dutch Republic 1477-1806 and revolution in the Netherlands 1747-1848) (Glenn Stehle, New Economic Perspectives) Read also Part I.
- Obama and the Debt (Sean Wilentz, The New York Times)
- Gold is vulnerable (Houses and Holes, Macro Business) Long/short ratio remains near record lows.
- America says it has got poorer. That’s rich (Edward Hadas, Reuters) Aside from terrible grammar in the headline, this is a good article.
- How to Turn a 3% Return Into a 10% Gain (Dan Culloton, Morningstar, 26 September 2013)
- Obamacare Isn’t Causing an Increase in Part-Time Employment, In One Chart (Max B. Sawicky, The Economic Policy Institute) The bigger the lie the less data matters. Nearly one year ago Steven Hansen studied the long-term growth of part-time employment and found nothinbg to connect an effect to Obamacare.