Best of the Web: 14-01-10, nr 912

Good Morning. Classic front page. Oh no, epic is the right word. Epic front page… (via @Tilly_Kammeron)

FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT: TONIGHT THERE IS ANOTHER INFAMOUS BEST OF THE WEB DRINK!

This is one of the charts in the Bloomberg bitcoin article: you are currently losing money to mine the things…

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http://www.businessinsider.com/businessweek-bitcoin-cover-fantasy-2014-1

Ah! Alcoa kicks off reporting season with this classic overview slide!
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http://www.businessinsider.com/alcoa-q4-2013-market-conditions-2014-1

Ah yes, payroll day. Here is a useful overview of all the (potentially) leading indicators published so far…
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http://www.businessinsider.com/december-nfp-preview-2014-1

Nothing new, but sometimes it just helps to see the same thing in a different lay-out…
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-09/inflation-vs-deflation-%E2%80%93-ultimate-chartbook-monetary-tectonics

From this week’s Economist: “Euro-area in the danger zone”. Deflation, that is…
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http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21593497-euro-area-getting-perilously-close-deflation-danger-zone

Minimum wages, but this time related to the average worker’s wage.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/19/the-u-s-has-a-7-25-minimum-wage-australias-is-16-88/

From the presentation of Citi’s Willem Buiter. If I=S holds (admittedly a big if), then it is no wonder that investments are low…
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https://twitter.com/ldaalder/status/421316475627241472

So that you know it…
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http://www.businessinsider.com/reduced-fiscal-drag-in-us-uk-euro-2014-1

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