Good morning. Putting things into perspective. I do wonder though, if the temperature costs are stable…
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/09/economics-disasters
Profits are so overrated…
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/9/4/why-amazon-has-no-profits-and-why-it-works?curator=MediaREDEF
Very cool explanation on the importance of exports. In Dutch though…
http://daskapital.nl/2014/09/duplotopic_export_belangrijk_w.html
Some background information on basic income: all the pro’s and con’s are listed
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6003359/basic-income-negative-income-tax-questions-explain
Cool chart on the development of the US stock market so far this year
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-08/ritholtz-s-reads-seasons-change-but-politicians-remain-the-same
“Why A Market Correction Now Would Be Best Scenario For Bulls”
Hell just froze over: in the US there is now a net positive view on banks…
http://www.gallup.com/poll/175637/banks-positive-image-first-time-2007.aspx
Interesting chart on hours worked per year. Sweden is bucking the trend
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/08/nearly-one-third-of-the-american-labor-force-works-on-the-weekend/
Interesting chart, but I do not think it is helpful in any way
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-08/no-us-not-decoupling
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