Scandals
Is there a price-fixing scandal brewing in the oil market?
economist.com
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Deals
Tumblr, and its cool-kid status, may be worth $1 billion to Yahoo
allthingsd.com
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JPMorgan
"The current Chairman of J.P. Morgan should be run out of town on a rail"
epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com
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New Normal
Greek shipping magnates are not really feeling the whole economic depression thing
world.time.com
Discussion
Reuters
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"1.65 million U.S. households fell below the $2 a day per person threshold"
washingtonpost.com
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The problem with the latest bull market: just 52% of Americans own stocks
economix.blogs.nytimes.com
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Ryan McCarthy:
The stock market has been killing it - but only 52% of adult Americans own any stock http://t.co/T3UzsEFNuw
Data Points
What's your CEO-to-average worker pay ratio?
go.bloomberg.com
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Catherine Rampell:
interactive graphic estimating ratio of CEO pay to median worker pay, by company http://t.co/kxXEJsDNuI
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The racial wealth gap in the US is 50% worse than it was before the recession
nytimes.com
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The BEA casually rewrites 85 years of US economic history
www.ft.com
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The "BEA will treat research and development and creation of artistic works as longer-term investments"
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Canadians surpass Americans in net worth
blogs.wsj.com
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Evidence that "Americans simply don’t know one another very well"
esquire.com
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50% of Americans think their taxes are too high, but 55% think they're fair
gallup.com
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Who likes taxes? Democrats, nerds, and people getting refunds
slate.com
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Slate:
A Third of Americans Like Taxes. Who Are They? http://t.co/CZfkElG8J2
Data Points
The "Bloomberg Waistline Index" exists, and it's growing
bloomberg.com
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ben walsh:
Waistline Index 36,000 http://t.co/GN56MbFier
The River
Fiscally Speaking
5/17
CBO compares the Obama and congressional budget plans
Oxpeckers
5/17
4 Sources
"Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome"
The Fed
5/17
2 Sources
Why the US and Europe need a tad more inflation
New Normal
5/17
5 Sources
Why the housing market continues to disappoint: supply-side issues
Helpful Reiminders
5/17
2 Sources
Americans say a family of four needs nearly $60,000 per year to get by
Black market
5/17
Argentina is considering amnesty for those who launder money through its banks
Valuations
5/17
1 Sources
No one is sure if this mansion listed at $190 million is actually worth that much
Alpha
5/17
1 Sources
Bill Ackman is investing in a $90 million New York penthouse
TBTF
5/16
2 Sources
The idea that you can wind down a failing megabank in some orderly fashion is probably a myth
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
It's banks that are killing Europe, not simply austerity
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
Europe's Central Bank now even wronger on inflation
The Oracle
5/16
7 Sources
S&P has downgraded Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Growth Industries
5/16
4 Sources
The US government expects to make $51 billion from student loans this year
Fiscally Speaking
5/16
2 Sources
The CBO is still likely over-estimating future deficits
Oxpeckers
5/16
3 Sources
The New Yorker welcomes your anonymous leaks (but still won't publish your sonnets)
Housing
5/16
1 Sources
There may or may not be a housing bubble in places like Brooklyn and Menlo Park, CA
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