Good Morning. A long piece on bitcoin with numerous arguments and counter-arguments. The currency crashed during the weekend, but has rebounded…
http://www.businessinsider.com/im-changing-my-mind-about-bitcoin-2013-12

Interesting! “East African trade bloc approves monetary union deal”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/30/us-africa-monetaryunion-idUSBRE9AT08O20131130

I am not sure how they measure it, but I guess it feels logical: the age of US capital stock is at a record level

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/11/01/1683962/the-us-capital-stock-old-and-busted-but-why/

It was a quiet week last week, thanks to thanksgiving…

https://lukasdaalder.com/2013/11/29/best-in-economics-this-week-november-29/

Study by the Dallas Fed into the immigration and transformation of the Texas economy

http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/research/pubs/gonetx.pdf

Just to remind everyone

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/11/the-long-slog-economic-growth-following-the-great-recession.html

Speaking of which: this is an interesting chart as well…

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2013/11/presidents_and.html

But having said that: Obama’s approval rate continues to decline…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-01/other-great-rotation-hope-change

Taxes in the US: you better keep your income low and go for capital gains…

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304281004579222114154136566

And the schedules for the week ahead
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/11/schedule-for-week-of-december-1st.html
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/12/01/the-week-ahead-dec-2-6/

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