Best links of the web: 12-11-30, nr 667

Good morning. Brilliant! Give me a 3D printer and I???ll make an artwork out of this???.

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(source: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2012/11/the-collapse-of-long-run-potential-gdp-estimates-continues.html)

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Dutch Prime Minister Rutte made it into the Financial Times. ???Dutch PM calls on EU to review its powers???

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/84c31ca4-3a29-11e2-a00d-00144feabdc0.html

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Remarkable gap between performance of the the stock market of India (green, rising) and China (red, falling)

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?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/11/29/a-tale-of-two-brics-india-surges-while-china-struggles.html

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Nice interactive tool showing what kind of energy is produced where. France is nuclear!

?????????????????? http://www.nature.com/news/interactive-global-energy-sources-7.7647

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Ever wondering what happened to the Fed model? The Economist just burried it???

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?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2012/11/equity-and-bond-markets

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And speaking of the Fed model: this one should be worth the read: GMO White paper on ???Capital Preservation in the Age of Financial Repression???

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?????????????????? https://www.gmo.com/America/CMSAttachmentDownload.aspx

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Corporate profits in the US? They are heading higher again. Mind you, these are GDP figures, not S&P earnings

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/corporate-profits-hit-new-record-high-2012-11

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And for a solid review of yesterday???s GDP numbers from the US, this is the place

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?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-29/guest-post-q3-gdp-devil-details

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An IMF working paper on the over-investment by China with the tentative title ???does it matter????

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https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12277.pdf

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???A new generation of investors is betting on America???s housing market??? Probably behind a paywall though

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21567388-new-generation-investors-betting-americas-housing-market-big-long

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Some perspective on US debt: it is not $ 100 trillion???

?????????????????? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/11/is-our-debt-burden-really-100-trillion/265644/

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Ok, I am being original here.* ???Now there is a cliff hanger!???

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/11/daily-chart-23

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