The race between man and machine

http://voxeu.org/article/job-race-machines-versus-humans

Didn’t I show this one already?

http://voxeu.org/article/long-term-decline-us-prime-age-male-labour-force-participation-and-policies-address-it

We have seen this one before, but still

http://uk.businessinsider.com/italys-political-and-economic-crisis-threatens-europes-stability-2016-7

A country report by the IMF on Norway

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16215.pdf

PEs are pretty useless in telling what stocks will do in the short run

http://uk.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-guide-to-markets-q3-2016-7

Pffffffff

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21701755-brexit-vote-has-sideswiped-italys-banksand-testing-europes-new-rules

Wages going up? Really?

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/07/06/why-some-economists-see-faster-wage-growth-around-the-corner/

The trouble with China…

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21701793-plans-rein-credit-slowly-take-shape-coming-clean

Health warning: this is the start of the Brexit section!
First sign of the Brexit fall-out?

http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2016/07/03/global-economy-firm-as-brexit-shock-hits/

And here is a bit of history on a ‘brexit’

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/07/daily-chart-0

The fall-out risk from Brexit

http://uk.businessinsider.com/hsbc-eu-referendum-analysis-brexit-precarious-calm-before-storm-2016-6

Thanks to the pound, that is…

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/uk-equity-markets-dip-below-5/

I just keep repeating this, so that no one will be shocked…

http://uk.businessinsider.com/investors-shouldnt-expect-great-returns-2016-7

Higher education

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/06/30/college-educated-workers-now-dominate-the-labor-market/

Cool historic overview. The fact that England is WAY below other countries makes me question the data though

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/06/why-living-in-some-u-s-cities-is-literally-like-living-the-middle-ages/

Brexit? South sea exit!

http://qz.com/705223/where-exactly-did-chinas-nine-dash-line-in-the-south-china-sea-come-from/

 

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