Economy:
Our Economic Pickle – New York Times
Eurozone unemployment hits new high – Guardian
One-child policy: China’s army of little emperors: The one-child policy has fundamentally changed the psychology of a generation – The Independent
Why Economists Failed to Predict the Financial Crisis – Knowledge@Wharton
Has the ideas machine broken down? – Economist
Yes, Money Does Buy Happiness: 6 Lessons from the Newest Research on Income and Well-Being – Atlantic
Markets:
The one chart about oil’s future everyone should see – Christian Science Monitor
What is Holding Back Natural Gas as the Transportation Fuel of the Future? – Economonitor
Politics:
The End of Britain – Moneyweek
Treasury, Fed kill idea of $1 trillion platinum coins to avert debt crisis – Reuters
Japan PM says Bank of Japan must set 2 percent medium-term inflation goal – Reuters
Banks:
Wads of Cash Squeeze Bank Margins – Wall Street Journal
Why No Glass-Steagall II? – Project Syndicate
What’s Inside America’s Banks? – Atlantic