Comes without comment

http://priceonomics.com/why-you-should-never-read-the-comments/

House prices can have a significant impact on the economy…

http://houseofdebt.org/2014/04/14/the-consumer-as-a-shadow-of-its-former-self.html

Interesting overview from The Economist on past (and sometimes long forgotten) financial crisis…

http://www.economist.com/news/essays/21600451-finance-not-merely-prone-crises-it-shaped-them-five-historical-crises-show-how-aspects-today-s-fina

Dividends and Emerging Markets: the match is becoming more common…

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/04/16/em-share-dividends-come-of-age/

Epic chart on the ups and downs of Russia since 1860. I can picture the statisticians going from door to door back in 1917…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-16/annotated-history-russian-empire

Talking about taxes: this is where they collected the money. Only 10% is paid by corporates…

http://nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/revenues/

Predicting recessions: not an easy task, it seems

http://www.voxeu.org/article/predicting-economic-turning-points

And this must be the chart of the week: statistics on Bob Ross paintings!

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-work-of-bob-ross/

“The changing face of America”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-13/next-america-two-dramas-slow-motion

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