Links 29 May 2014

Global Macro / Markets:

• Goldman Blames Fed For Creating “Abnormal” Trading Enviornment – Zero Hedge
• Nasdaq Nears 13-Year High as Tech Goes From Hated to Loved – Bloomberg
• Lagarde and Carney let fire at financial sector – Financial Times

North America:

• Stanley Fischer sworn in as member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – Federal Reserve
• Canada’s Pitch to Tech Entrepreneur: We’ll Pay 80% of Your Salaries – Wall Street Journal
• Defining Blight in Detroit – New York Times
• One Of America’s Dirtiest Coal Plants Had Some Dire Predictions. It Was Wrong – Huffington Post
• 7 Million People Earn America’s Other Minimum Wage: $23,660 – Wall Street Journal
• From Germany to Mexico: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century – Pew Research
• Why Have Americans Stopped Moving? – Bloomberg

Europe:

• French unemployment total hits new record high – The Guardian
• EU should stop worrying about deflation – Financial Times
• London’s Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s – Bloomberg

Asia:

• China’s very success could cost the regime dearly – Financial Times
• The slump in China’s property market is getting worse despite government efforts to help – Wall Street Journal
• Yuan and gas will fire up China’s next boom – The AFR

Local:

• Westfield deal teeters on edge of failure – The AFR
• Blame the bickering on free uni – The AFR
• Five ways the government could make the GP fee work – The AFR
• No experience an obstacle in local shipbuilding – The AFR
• Coalition attacks Budget scares – The Australian
• Public service costs hit $57 billion – The Australian
• Jobless lose out to migrant force – The Australian
• “Scrap the efficiency dividend” – Canberra Times
• ACT stays firm on tram line – Canberra Times
• ABC job cuts to begin within weeks – Canberra Times
• Greens stand firm on Budget – The Guardian

Other:

• Google’s New Self-Driving Car Ditches the Steering Wheel – Recode.net
• Why Google Made Its Self-Driving Car So Darn Cute – Tech Crunch
• The Economists FT Relied On For Its Thomas Piketty Takedown Don’t Buy It – Huffington Post