Economy:
Demographics: Prime Working-Age Population Growing Again – Calculated Risk
How the middle class got screwed: College costs, globalization and our new Insecurity Economy – Salon
How Your Face Shapes Your Economic Chances – The Atlantic
Consumers are borrowing again, but the economy has been slow to respond – Economist
Why American companies are getting ‘old and fat’ – Yahoo Finance
Average U.S. family lost one third of its net worth in past decade, study reports – NOLA
Markets:
Worst weekly drop for S&P 500 in more than two years – CNBC
Some Public Pension Funds Making Big Bets On Hedge Funds – NPR
Renting drives U.S. homeownership to 19-year low – Reuters
Politics:
Japanese leader Abe wants more women to work. So he’s got big plans for day care – Washington Post
No-Exit Strategy May Be Fed Burden in Unwinding Stimulus – Bloomberg
Banks:
Will Europe’s banking ‘big bang’ loosen lending? – Reuters
