The Big Picture

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• Political Polarization
• How to Create Skilled Workers
• 10 Weekend Reads
• Interest Rate Swaps and Corporate Default

Political Polarization Posted: 01 Dec 2013 02:00 AM PST

How to Create Skilled Workers Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:00 PM PST Manufacturers say there is a critical shortage of trained workers in the United States. In South Carolina, a German company is training high school students in skilled labor through apprenticeships. NYT, November 30th, 2013

10 Weekend Reads Posted: 30 Nov 2013 04:30 AM PST My longer form, weekend reading • The Wolf of Wall Street Can't Sleep (New York Magazine) • The 40-Year Slump (American Prospect) see also Secular Stagnation and Post-Scarcity (Pieria) • The Black Swan (Seeking Wisdom) • Why Are So Many People Paying So Much for Art? (New Yorker) • Animals Were Harmed: Hollywood’s Nightmare of Death, Injury, and Secrecy Exposed (Hollywood Reporter) • Inside the Company That Bungled Obamacare (Newsweek) see also Mark McClellan ran Medicare Part D. Here's his advice for the Obama administration. (WaPo) • This entire country is about to be wiped out by climate change: Drowning Kiribati (Businessweek) • How Our Soldiers Come Home From the Wars: Broken (Mother Jones) • Retail Therapy: Inside the Apple Store: It's a Trap! (McSweeney’s) see also The Birth of the iPhone (Medium) • Platinum Underdog: Why Taylor Swift Is the Biggest Pop Star in the World (Vulture) And I suppose you are going to be shopping all weekend?   All Major Market Rallies of the Last 113 Years Source: Chart of the Day

Interest Rate Swaps and Corporate Default Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:00 AM PST

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