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The top of today’s reading list has Satyajit Das reviews of three books …….. and the last article is about a trading opportunity in bonds.
- The Truth of the Matter (Satyajit Das, Wilmott) Reviews of three books:
- Stephen D King (2013) When The Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence; Yale University Press
- David Roche and Bob McKee (2012) Democrisis: Democracy Caused The Debt Crisis. Will It Survive It? An Independent Strategy Publication
- Luuk van Middelaar (2013) The Passage to Europe: How A Continent Became A Union; Yale University Press
- Preparing for a North Korean Collapse (Michael Miner, The Diplomat) Hat tip to Rob Carter. If the North Korean government collapses how will the countries of the region and the U.S. secure the nuclear weapons?
- Herbal Supplements Are Often Not What They Seem (Anahad O’Connor, The New York Times) Hat tip to Russell Huntley who suggests that fraud is everywhere. Are we that far removed from snake oil?
- The Final 20 Days of a Bull Market (Scott Kristoff, StockTwits)
- 20 Years of Sears: Forlorn Stores, Happy Investors. Thank Spinoffs (Mike Santoli, Yahoo! Finance)
- Is Economics a Science? (Robert Shiller, Project Syndicate)
As economics develops, it will broaden its repertory of methods and sources of evidence, the science will become stronger, and the charlatans will be exposed.
- Aggregate Supply in the United States: Recent Developments and Implications for the Conduct of Monetary Policy (Dave Reifschneider, William L. Wascher and David Wilcox, 14th Jaques Polak Conference, IMF, Washington DC) Hat tip to Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture. This study has pretty dismal GDP growth projections.
- Will the Fed “Taper” in December? (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk)
- Beware the Obama Stock Bubble (Alexei Bayer, ThinkAdvisor)
- A trading opportunity in bonds (Cam Hui, Humble Student of the Markets)
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