(from: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/viral-photo-from-krakow-interview-with-photographer-marcin-ryczek-a-887299.html)

This youtube video on inequality in the US drives the point home…

And speaking of inequality: them rich folks just save and do not spend!

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-savings-rate-by-income-level-2013-3

The chart is about food prices, but I was more interested in the yellow countries…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/03/01/1406422/mapping-future-food-inflation/

Admittedly, not a really spectacular chart, but still: the Dow reached a new all-time high this week

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/3/5/new-all-time-high-for-the-djia.html

The breakdown of the oil producers in the world. Venezuela is the OPEC heavyweight…

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/06/chavezs-dead-what-does-big-oil-think/#axzz2MjTiFI5Q

The rise of the dragon. The fact that the US line declines does not mean that the US is weakening though…

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-us-oil-imports-2013-3

And which market has only had two negative years over the last 33 year….?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-03/name-market-86-average-annual-return-over-33-years-worst-drawdown-4

This is not a very optimistic picture on the state of the world economy, or at least the ‘developed’ part…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/03/world-is-in-a-recession-go-about-your-business-as-usual/

…and even though the US is still growing, this chart also raises questions…

http://www.businessinsider.com/ecris-achuthan-reiterates-recession-call-2013-3

Interesting chart showing which Emerging Markets have performed the best since 2003

http://www.businessinsider.com/usfunds-em-periodic-table-2013-3

Despite all the debt, US households can hardly be seen as poor…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-07/us-households-have-never-been-more-reliant-stock-market-their-net-worth

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