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• Working For the Few: Political Capture and Economic Inequality
• 10 Monday PM Reads
• Asset Class Dashboard
• 10 AM Monday Reads
• Global Warming Battle Is Now About Market Share — Not Science
• The Money Oscars at Davos

Working For the Few: Political Capture and Economic Inequality Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:00 AM PST

10 Monday PM Reads Posted: 27 Jan 2014 02:00 PM PST My Monday afternoon reading: • 3 Popular Economic Warnings That Are So Much More Complicated Than They Look (Motley Fool) • Buffett’s Fourth Law of Motion: Your Behavior (A Wealth of Common Sense) • The US is nowhere near another housing bubble (Quartz) see also The Tale of a House, and an Entire Market (NY Times) • Why Aren't App Designers as Famous as Chefs? (Digits) • Make ISPs into “common carriers,” says former FCC commissioner (Ars Technica) • A Vindicated Snowden Says He’d Like to Come Home (New Yorker) • Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself (NY Times) see also Q&A: Ezra Klein Promises “A Completely Different Product” (BuzzFeed) • How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming (Grist) • Tech billionaire compares self to Jews under the Nazis, fears pogrom (LA Times) • The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll: Top 10 Albums By Year, 1971-2013 (Village Voice) What are you reading?   The Fed’s Imperfect Tools for Growth Source: WSJ

Asset Class Dashboard Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST Click for an interactive graphic. Source: Russell Investments   This reminds me quite a bit of Riskalyze.   More here

10 AM Monday Reads Posted: 27 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST Good Monday morning. Here is an interesting way to start off your week: • How did broad asset classes perform in 2013? (Mebane Faber), see also Your guide to EM compartmentalization (FT Alphaville) • Does the Small-Cap Premium Exist? (Morningstar) • Trading Rules To Live By (All Star Charts), see also 6 reasons your investments stink (MarketWatch) • Europe can be optimistic — in the Long Term (WSJ) continues here

Global Warming Battle Is Now About Market Share — Not Science Posted: 27 Jan 2014 05:30 AM PST Last week, the New York Times reported that venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average component Coca-Cola Co. was awakening to the impact of climate change on its business. The increase in unpredictable weather, droughts, floods and other climate-related events was disrupting the company's product supply. Some of their "essential ingredients" are now under threat. Global warming, according to the article, is being seen "as a force that contributes to lower gross domestic products, higher food and commodity costs, broken supply chains and increased financial risk." This debate is no longer about whether global warming is real (it is) or whether humans are the most likely cause (you are), but rather, some very interesting and different questions that might be more professionally relevant to business: How is this going to affect business? What are the investing consequences? Who will be the financial winners and losers of climate change? Continues here

The Money Oscars at Davos Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST Mountain Few A group of the world’s wealthiest people gather in an secluded mountain enclave to discuss concerns over income inequality. (02:08) The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook ~~~ Mountain Few – The Money Oscars at Davos Jason Jones scores an all-access pass to some of the most horrific chronicling of human misery seen in decades, and Sam Bee parties in Davos. (03:08) The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook

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