Some interesting charts on the impact of autonomous cars…
http://robotenomics.com/2014/02/26/morgan-stanley-the-economic-benefits-of-driverless-cars/
Interesting to see how isolated the former soviet union really is…
http://qz.com/192440/where-everyone-in-the-world-is-migrating-in-one-gorgeous-chart/
How much longer will this US business cycle last…? No boom, no bust?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/03/26/1810172/the-endlessly-sluggish-us-expansion/
Golden oldie. What would your return have been over the past 10 years, if you only missed the 30 best trading days?
http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-march-24-2014-3
Cool chart, showing the energy self sufficiency of a number of countries
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-23/probably-most-important-chart-world
Financial ‘assets’ have grown substantially, but interestingly, so has world GDP
http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-march-25-2014-3
Some thoughts on Japan: “What cannot go on for ever will stop”
http://blogs.ft.com/andrew-smithers/2014/03/japan-must-cut-depreciation-allowances/
Cool overview of when the various stock markets in the world where founded
ttp://www.businessinsider.com/founding-years-of-56-world-stock-markets-2014-3
Ah! A contrarian sound? Chinese shadow banking actually pretty small, according to UBS
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-shadow-banking-sector-is-small-2014-3
Interesting analyses, but from a biased source: “Stress Testing the Fed”
http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2014/march/federal-reserve-interest-rate-risk-stress-test/
Nice overview of various measures of inequality around the world
http://www.chartbookofeconomicinequality.com/
Ok, it is a shame that they did not add the date, but it is fascinating never the less
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQf-PZWFMzY
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