Good morning. The most expensive pizza in history
https://qz.com/1285209/bitcoin-pizza-day-2018-eight-years-ago-someone-bought-two-pizzas-with-bitcoins-now-worth-82-million/
ESG is on fire!
https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b187ncy4svtntz/here’s-the-fastest-growing-strategy-in-smart-beta
Bond markets this year
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/05/22/1527004897000/When-quality-is-a-liability/
Best of last week
https://lukasdaalder.com/2018/05/18/best-in-economics-this-week-may-18-2/
China’s population policy might be up for change
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/china-birth-limits-lifting-them-wont-help-worker-shortage-2018-5-1025100162
“automation is good for growth and bad for equality; in the benchmark model real wages fall in the short run and eventually rise, but “eventually” can easily take generations.”
http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/05/21/Should-We-Fear-the-Robot-Revolution-The-Correct-Answer-is-Yes-44923
Blablabla oil
http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-oil-100-dollars-recession-signal-2018-5
Displaced people are on the rise again
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/05/22/weather-and-violence-displace-millions-inside-borders-every-year
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