Economy:
Where do people go when they drop out of the labor force? – Washington Post
The Real Cost of Living: $150,000 Minimum – The Fiscal Times
Only a matter of time before ECB is forced into massive quantitative easing – Telegraph
Why You Can’t Get a Taxi – Atlantic
What America Buys – NPR
Markets:
China relaxes currency peg – Reuters
Apple: 36% Of S&P500 Q1 Earnings – ZeroHedge
Asian Stocks Fall Most in a Week as Metals, Euro Retreat – Bloomberg
Politics:
Euro Area Seeks Bigger IMF War Chest on Spanish Concerns – Bloomberg
Why Germany Should Leave the Euro Zone – Time
Inequality 101: The Picket Fence and the Staircase – The New Yorker
Banks:
Wall Street Has Become `Huge Casino,’ Cohan Says – Bloomberg
Europe’s banks beached as ECB stimulus runs dry – Telegraph