Good morning. Income distribution in the US: see that right column appear

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/02/must-read-jeff-desjardins-_visualizing-the-shifting-income-distributions-of-american-jobs_-visualizing-the-sh.html

Paying off debt. Somehow, I do not think Norway is correct…

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/this-is-how-much-you-would-have-to-contribute-to-pay-off-your-country-s-debt

US trade deficits….

https://www.businessinsider.nl/what-is-nafta-is-it-good-for-america-2017-2/

Passive investing, coming to a place near you!

http://www.businessinsider.com/moodys-investor-services-report-on-etfs-going-global-2017-2

Simple rules and the Fed

http://voxeu.org/article/r-star-and-yellen-rules

If you are interested in the Turkish pension system and Tourism: look no further!

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/02/03/Turkey-Selected-Issues-44615

A presentation on the border adjustment tax

https://piie.com/system/files/documents/furman20170201ppt.pdf

And the schedule for the week to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/02/schedule-for-week-of-feb-5-2017.html

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