Global Macro / Markets:
- Warren Buffett: These were my biggest early mistakes – The Reformed Broker
- Global income distribution since 1988 – VOX
- Hedge funds in worst start to year since financial crisis – The Telegraph
North America:
- Shakeout Threatens Shale Patch as Frackers Go for Broke – Bloomberg
- Case-Shiller: Comp 20 House Prices increased 12.4% year-over-year in March – Calculated Risk
- House Price Gains and U.S. Household Spending from 2002 to 2006 – NBER
- A new paper on the jobless rate adds grist to the Fed’s debate over slack in the labor market – Wall Street Journal
Europe:
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- Monetary policy in a prolonged period of low inflation – European Union
- Monetary policy and balance sheet adjustment – European Union
- Who will gain power in the EU’s post ‘earthquake’ world? – Financial Times
- More than 50 rebels killed as new Ukraine leader unleashes assault – Reuters
- European Green Lanterns – New York Times
- Carney calls for ’ethics’ in banking – BBC
- Draghi Convenes Retreat as ECB Contemplates New Horizon – Bloomberg
- Anti-EU parties celebrate election success – Financial Times
Asia:
- China clamps down on US consulting groups – Financial Times
- China Said to Push Banks to Remove IBM Servers in Spy Dispute – Bloomberg
- Chinese ship sinks Vietnamese fishing boat in South China Sea – Nikkei.com
- China Pulls Cisco Into Dispute on Cyberspying – New York Times
Local:
- No lipstick can save this Budget pig – The AFR
- Extracting reform from the states – The AFR
- Expert warns on Aussie debt danger – The AFR
- Hendy: GST rise “would be horrendous” – The AFR
- Miners out to show they aid economy – The AFR
- Business leaders tell “appalling” politicians to get on with it – The AFR
- Entitlements not to be taken for granted – The AFR
- Palmer China brawl hurting us – The Australian
- Treasurer ‘won’t flinch’ over Budget – The Australian
- Budget blunder hurts Victorian Labor – The Australian
- More ACT stamp duty changes on the way – Canberra Times
- Further dip in support of government – Canberra Times
- Mis-selling education to our own kids – Business Spectator
- The true cost of Abbott’s higher education reforms – Business Spectator
Other:
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- Is College Worth It? What New Data Says – New York Times
- Be Skeptical of Both Piketty And His Skeptics – Five Thirty Eight
- Thomas Piketty’s real challenge was to the FT’s Rolex types – The Guardian
- Capitalism is doomed if ethics vanish, says Bank of England governor – The Guardian
- Today’s teenagers are the best-behaved generation on record – VOX
- Uber’s remarkable growth could end the era of poorly paid cab drivers – Washington Post