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Bloomberg - The U.S. Economy Keeps Defying the Recession Odds - Noah Smith 12/2/19 Bloomberg - The Way Out for a World Economy Hooked on Debt? More Debt - Enda Curran 12/1/19 Bloomberg - ECB Review May Reset Inflation Aim to 2% But Struggle to Do More - Paul Gordon &
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Economist - Argentina's beleaguered government imposes capital controls 9/2/19 When Mauricio Macri was elected president of Argentina in 2015, one of his first acts was to abolish capital controls that restricted buying and selling of the peso. The move symbolized Argentina’s pivot back to open markets
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NYT - Circulating in China's Financial System: More Than $200 Billion in I.O.U.s - Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li 8/6/19 China’s trade war with the United States has escalated in recent days, posing a growing threat to an already slowing economy. China is not
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Wealth of Common Sense - Too Big To Be Simple? - Ben Carlson 6/19 * "…There is no such thing as too big to be simple." * "Problems arise when ultra-wealthy people assume the normal rules don't apply to them."
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: OECD - Levels of Working Poor by Country 5/8 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Wealth of Common Sense - Bad Advice Can Be Expensive - Ben Carlson 5/6 Bloomberg Businessweek - The Future of News - John Micklethwait 5/3 * "…is journalism really in such a parlous
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This will be the only post this week from me. This week I'm attending the ULI Spring Meeting in Detroit, MI. Cheers, Duff Perspective WSJ - Why Tech Titans Are Betting on India, in 14 Charts - Newley Purnell, Min Jung Kim, and Rosa de Acosta 4/18 * Clearly there
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After speaking with some readers, it appears that my little experiment wasn't working out as I intended. It was not clear that the majority of the content was being hosted on the website, while the direct email was only showing one article. So, back to the old format.
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If you were only to read one thing… NYT - British Banks Will Have to Cut Ties to Sanctioned Oligarchs, U.S. Says - Ellen Barry 4/10 * "The United States on Tuesday ratcheted up its efforts to block Kremlin-linked industrialists from doing business in the West, warning that British
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Perspective Visual Capitalist - Visualizing the Average Commute Time in U.S. States and Cities - Jeff Desjardins 4/1 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - Columbus shows Trump how to thrive in the new world order - Rana Foroohar 4/1 * "The city's success shows why industrial policy, not
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Markets / Economy FT - IMF warns of mounting debt crisis risk in poor countries - Kate Allen 3/22 * "The world’s poorest countries are increasing their borrowing at a worrying pace and face the mounting risk of debt crises, the IMF has warned." * "Since 2013, the median ratio
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Perspective NYT - Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys - Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, Adam Pearce and Kevin Quealy 3/19 * Check the link for some very insightful interactive graphics. * "Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Terrorism Deaths vs. Coverage 3/8 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - The rise - and fall - of the crypto-currency millionaires - Aaron Stanley 3/7 Mauldin Economics - Why American Workers Aren't Getting A Raise: An Economic Detective Story - Jonathan Tepper 3/7 * "Areas