Global Macro/Markets:
- “The gold standard remains the best available monetary mechanism” – marketmonetarist.com
- On Whose Research is the Case for Austerity Mistakenly Based? – harvard.edu
- The “Austerity Myth”: Gain Without Pain? – repec.org
- How bad could the crisis get? Lessons from Iceland – VOX
- Instead of Low Rates, Let’s Have Bigger Deficits – Bloomberg
- New Era for Global Bonds: Everything You Know Is Wrong – CFA Institute
North America:
- Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated -USGS – Reuters
- The Unemployed Need Bold, Creative Moves from the Fed – The Fiscal Times
- What’s Holding Back Hiring? – Wall Street Journal
- More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than cities – study – Reuters
Europe:
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- German Wages and Portuguese Competitiveness (A Bit Wonkish) – New York Times
- EU draft bank rescue law would not shield big deposits – Reuters
- Why I shifted sides in the UK’s civil war over Europe – Financial Times
- Autobahn speed limit proposal revs up debate in Germany – Washington Post
- The Great Gatsby’s world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition – The Guardian
- IMF Tells Central Europe to Spend More – Wall Street Journal
Asia:
- China’s trade surplus massively over-inflated – Bloomberg
- Kyle Bass bets on full-blown Japan crisis – Financial Times
- Coming to terms with China’s growth prospects – Financial Times
- Beijing property market a bit too hot for Nobel prize winner – Financial Times
- Block Says China Banks’ Bad Loans Spread Beyond Government Debt – Bloomberg
- Abe’s Resurgent Japan Hurt by Lack of Business Spending – Bloomberg
- Japan and Abenomics: Once more with feeling – The Economist
Local:
- Mining services firms facing hard times – Wall Street Journal
Other:
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- Scary Oklahoma tornado video – You Tube
- Time Lapse Video OKC Tornado – Business Insider
- Oklahoma tornado before and after pictures – BBC News
