Good morning. Interesting: the impact of the Fed’s policy on financial markets (but do question why the chart on the right starts at 2000…)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-23/how-fed-broke-markets-2-simple-charts

Cool, although questionable chart on the investment boom in the US…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/09/23/1980442/let-there-be-bubbles/

For all the Piketty lovers and haters: a not-so-comfortable podcast with Russ Roberts

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/09/thomas_piketty.html

Debt to equity for companies for various countries. And the winner is….

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/09/10-tuesday-pm-reads-105/

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-23/welcome-oligarchy-%E2%80%93-us-leads-developed-world-low-wage-jobs

Apparently, this is the world, but then adjusted for internet penetration

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/09/the-population-of-the-internet/

And talking about maps: these are the median ages for each country. I am surprised by Russia… (via @Tilly_Kammeron

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/23/6829399/23-maps-and-charts-that-will-surprise-you

I should check this one out: productivity broken down.

http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/09/22/potential-output-total-factor-productivity-since-2000-marking-beliefs-market-honest-broker-week-september-26-2014/

Ebola: still not under control…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-23/cdc-fears-14-million-ebola-cases-january-health-workers-warn-its-too-late

ECB and Fed: separated at birth?

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2014/9/22/ecb-and-fed-separated-at-birth

Friedman was right after all, except you have to include financial prices into inflation…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-23/when-new-normal-fails-problem-traditional-economics-bizarro-centrally-planned-world

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