Slicing and dicing Europe. 20 fun ways to split us up.

http://atlasofprejudice.tumblr.com/post/80937352126/20-ways-to-slice-the-european-continent-from-atlas

Interesting piece of research on exchange rate regimes from Emerging markets

http://www.voxeu.org/article/managing-exchange-rate

Reminds me a bit of Obelix & co: two robots for the price of one slave…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/04/labour-markets?fsrc=rss

Another interesting chart, showing the differences in corporate culture (or maybe accounting standards) between the US and Japan

http://www.businessinsider.com/buybacks-dividends-capex-and-japan-2014-3

Claiming that there is no bubble just based on this chart is silly. Still, it is an interesting chart

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-bubbles-within-sp-500-2014-4

The new IPCC report is not a very optimistic read…

http://io9.com/famine-and-water-riots-are-coming-warns-new-intergover-1555054047
http://oecdinsights.org/2014/03/31/ipcc-and-climate-change-risks-what-would-you-do/

Cool chart on the lifetime of chip-product lines

http://www.voxeu.org/article/mismeasuring-prices-era-globalisation

Frontier markets: lower volatility, higher returns? (paywall)

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21600132-money-leaving-emerging-markets-riskier-bets-investment-frontier-wedge

Mergers and Acquisitions started the year with a boom. (but slowed down in March)

http://soberlook.com/2014/04/6-reasons-us-m-activity-will-see-strong.html

There was a LOT to do about High Frequency Traders this week…
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-us-stock-market-rigged/
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-31/michael-lewis-doesn-t-like-high-frequency-traders

Pictures on the California drought

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/03/californias-historic-drought/100706/

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