Weekend Links – July 5th – 6th 2014

Global Macro / Markets:

• Austrian Economists, 9/11 Truthers and Brain Worms – Bloomberg
• Using happiness scales to inform policy: Strong words of caution – VoxEU
• Can mining companies survive US$90/t iron ore prices? – MineWeb
• Argentina bond investors challenge long arm of US law – FT

Americas:

• The Government Once Built Silicon Valley – TechCrunch
• Correcting WSJ Graph Error on Wages – Calculated Risk
• Reading the Jobs Report’s Tea Leaves – Mohamed El-Erian
• The Fragile state of Argentina when it defaulted – JourneyMen ( Youtube)

Europe:

• German construction activity contracts at sharpest rate in 15 months during June – Markit , Bloomberg
• Eurozone retail sales flat as falls in France and Italy offset German gains – Markit
• Amazon embroiled in EU tax crackdown – FT
• IMF warns of negative spiral in France as recession looms again – Ambrose
• EU Banks Must Shun Bitcoin Until Rules in Place, EBA Says – Bloomberg

Asia:

• China attacks Japan ‘barbarous’ war past – Al Jazeera
• Biggest Risk to China’s Economy? Look to the Shadows, Bankers Say – WSJ ChinaRealTime

Local:

• The $120m jet fighter Australia has on order has been grounded by the US military – The Oz , CBC
• CBA: A case study in failure – Pascoe
• ANZ ends go-it-alone rates strategy – SMH
• Jawbone not the weapon it was as $A regains ground – SMH

Other:

• Nano water chip could make desalination affordable for everyone – Inhabitat
• Google Starts Erasing Links for Searches in Europe – NYT
• Right to be forgotten: Google accused of deliberately misinterpreting court decision to stoke public anger – Independent
• Female Justices issue searing dissent over new contraceptive case – msnbc
• Stop the JerkTech – TechCrunch
• “Caribbean could lose its coral reefs within 20 years” – DailyMail
• The truth about Frozen – Stefan Molyneux , h/t Jess