Good Morning. Look at that blue line…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-04/wages-relative-profits-drop-all-time-low

“Last two times this happened, it did not end well” Ok: give me 50 times and I am sold…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-04/last-two-times-happened-things-didnt-end-well

Looking for growth? Surinam is the place to be! (pdf)

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13340.pdf

About the dominance of the dollar and why it is suboptimal…

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303722104579237853762008142

A bit of reading on the US car sales

http://qz.com/153354/americans-are-binging-less-on-houses-and-more-on-cars/

Old report (August), but I just stumbled on it: where growth in the US could come from…

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/growth/breaking_the_us_growth_impasse

“Housing boom and bust lesson still not sinking in“
http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2013/11/28/housing-boom-and-bust-lesson-still-not-sinking-in/

Cool instagram pictures of the not-so-cool smog in Shanghai

http://www.businessinsider.com/shanghai-smog-2013-12

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