Cool chart

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-12-05/deposit-confiscation-poses-real-risk-investors-savers-and-corporate-depositor

Looking for an argument to be bullish on investments in the US? look no further!

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

African currency union: here is an overview by the Economist (paywall)

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21591246-continent-mulls-merging-currencies-ever-closer

Interesting chart on growth in the US (although I do not attach too much value to it)…

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

All you ever wanted to know about… Kuwait (and it is not looking that good…)!

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13336.pdf

For what it is worth: student rankings. The US scores below average on all counts…

http://www.businessinsider.com/pisa-rankings-2013-12

December is one of the worst months of currency weakness for Emerging markets…

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/12/05/december-season-of-em-currency-drops-usually/

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

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

Nice one. You can even zoom in!

https://twitter.com/Amazing_Maps/status/406173465189048322/photo/1

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