Best in Economics this week: March 29

Let’s do another tweet
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/23/trump-stopped-tweeting-about-the-stock-market-right-when-it-stopped-making-him-look-good/

Here is some perspective on those ever gloomy US income charts!
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https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21739662-estimates-income-growth-vary-greatly-depending-methodology-average

A slightly more nuanced view on CEO pay in the US
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http://www.aei.org/publication/when-we-consider-all-us-chief-executives-the-ceo-to-worker-pay-ratio-falls-from-3311-to-below-41/

Spotify saved music? Somehow I have been hearing completely the opposite
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/spotify-saved-music-can-it-save-itself

Cool overview on digital streaming services, users and revenues
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https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/spotify-apple-music-tidal-music-streaming-services-royalty-rates-compared/#spotifybillionaires

A very cool overview of the growth and growth of Amazon
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https://www.wsj.com/graphics/amazon-the-making-of-a-giant/

According to the wisdom of the crowds, we are “late cycle”.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-volatile-trading-ominous-sign-for-bull-market-future-baml-2018-3

Let nurses take over!

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https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2018/03/daily-chart-15

The risk-list

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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-trade-surplus-deficits-other-countries-trump-tariffs-2018-3

Interesting study on the impact of UK monetary policy on wealth distribution. Based on assets, not on liabilities.
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https://bankunderground.co.uk/2018/03/27/how-does-monetary-policy-affect-the-distribution-of-income-and-wealth/

 

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