Good morning. Girl powerrrrrrr. (or is there a Europe/Japan tilt in this sample, somehow?)

http://www.businessinsider.com/stocks-with-female-directors-outperform-2014-9

“Why Germany is doomed” Interesting: why is that?
http://www.ozy.com/c-notes/why-germany-wont-be-a-dominant-power-in-western-europe/33781.article

Interesting historical perspective on CO2 emissions. China and the US may be the current big emitors, but Europe used to be dominant

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/22/6805513/un-climate-talks-in-seven-charts

This is the PE of various bull markets by looking at peak earnings. What happened in 1956-1974 though?

http://www.businessinsider.com/price-to-peak-earnings-of-bull-markets-2014-9

Some more depressing charts on the US midle class

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-american-middle-class-hasnt-gotten-a-raise-in-15-years/

Flooding risk per country. Doesn’t look good for the Netherlands… (via @erikjonker)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/upshot/flooding-risk-from-climate-change-country-by-country.html

No hard landing in China, according to fulcrum

http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2014/09/23/no-hard-landing-yet-in-china/

Ah! The separatists are back!!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-24/nation-dividing-mapping-worlds-significant-separatist-movements

Big business. And where it is most disliked…

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/upshot/americans-are-ok-with-big-business-its-business-lobbying-power-they-hate.html

“Productivity Pessimism from Productivity Optimists”

http://growthecon.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/productivity-pessimism-from-productivity-optimists/

And while we are on the subject of technology, here’s a nice chart!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-24/risky-business-most-least-uncertain-industries-america

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