Interesting chart. Italy is just as bad off as Greece…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/30/italy-is-the-most-likely-country-to-leave-the-euro/

Nice bit of reading on what’s wrong with the productivity growth, these days

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/28/whats-not-up-with-productivity-growth-part-1-why-this-key-variable-is-slowing-across-advanced-economies/

Some cool charts comparing the Chinese stock markets with the rest of the world

http://graphics.wsj.com/gallery/china-market-explainer

Interesting chart on US trade partners

http://uk.businessinsider.com/state-and-country-trade-maps-2015-7

The role of debt during the first industrial revolution

http://www.voxeu.org/article/debt-miracle-why-country-borrowed-most-industrialised-first

The rise in robo-advisors is expected to continue for some time…

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-18/robo-advisers-to-run-2-trillion-by-2020-if-this-model-is-right

From the ECB: “Does consumer confidence predict private consumption?”

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/ecbu/eb201505.en.pdf

Spot the difference: income distribution of 1975 compared to that of 2010

.

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2015/07/must-read-visualizing-economicshttpvisualizingeconomicscomviewincomeguide-created-by-catherine-mulbrandon-a.html

The latest newsletter from GMO, with “Ten Quick Topics to Ruin Your Summer”

https://www.gmo.com/docs/default-source/public-commentary/gmo-quarterly-letter.pdf

Interesting bit of reading by the White House on long term interest rates

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/interest_rate_report_final_v2.pdf

Hedgefunds. So 2007…

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21660169-exchange-traded-funds-have-overtaken-hedge-funds-investment-vehicle-roaring

“Monetary Policy Normalization in the United States”

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/07/monetary-policy-normalization-in-the-united-states-2/

Nice charts showing the growing importance of China (via http://www.ritholtz.com/)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/business/international/the-world-according-to-china-investment-maps.html

Always nice, a bit of history…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/07/the-rise-of-the-tech-industry/

Cool! A map of all the road trips in US literature!

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips

A complete overview of all previous editions of Best of the Web Weekly Economics can be found here http://bit.ly/16dkN6i. All links provided are collected from public websites, unless otherwise specified. I have not checked the data or information for accuracy used, and therefore do not guarantee that all data provided will be 100% correct. The links provided do not necessarily reflect my personal opinion and should be seen as general interest: oftentimes I do not agree with arguments presented, but nevertheless think it is worthwhile to read them. It is up to the reader to make up their own mind. Suggestions or discussions are more than welcome. Do not quote unless specifically cleared beforehand!