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The top of today’s reading list reports on battery fires in electric cars …….. and the last article is about a booming Chinese steel industry.
- Should Battery Fires Drive Electric Cars Off the Road? (David Biello, Scientific American) “Of the more than 150,000 car fires in the U.S. this year, one got all the attention.”
- The Supreme Court’s Docket Addresses the Washington Gridlock (Pamela S. Karlan, Boston Review)
- X-rays reveal nano-sized electron sponge (R&D) Individual electrons appear to be distributed over thousands of molecules, greatly extending the concept of a distributed electron existing in the domain of a single or a very few molecules.
- State and local government austerity is over (Bill McBride, Calculated Risk)
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- How the fight against deflation is killing us (Alan Kohler, Business Spectator) Australia is struggling with the strength of the Aussie dollar as Japan, the EU and the U.S. struggle mightily against deflation.
- Central Banks Risk Asset Bubbles in Battle With Deflation (Rich Miller, Simon Kennedy and Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg)
- The Trend Toward Part-Time Employment Continues to Weaken (Doug Short, Advisor Perspectives dshort.com) The gradual decline in the percentage of employed working less than 35 hours a week has almost reached a four-year anniversary as full-time employment continues to gain share. The graph below is for ages 25-54; the trends are similar for the over-16 data.
- Economists Discover the Poor Behave Differently From the Rich (Brendan Greeley, Bloomberg) The mythical representative agent is losing theological sway.
- Is The Fiduciary Battle Shifting With FINRA’s “Report On Conflicts Of Interest”? (Michael Kitces, Nerd’s Eye View) Is FINRA finally facing the moment of “fiduciary truth”?
- Chinese steel is smashing forecasts (House and Holes, Macro Business) The boom continues.
