29 June
World solar power goes parabolic
It's starting from a low base, but solar power usage is soaring - Gregor
The lipstick effect
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Why bad times call for good lipstick - Scientific American
What Libor-fixing could cost the banks
The FSA isn't the only thing banks need to worry about - FT Alphaville
Singles deserve work-life balance, too
It's not just parents who need flexibility - The Atlantic
28 June
Towards a 'Brixit'
The chances of Britain leaving the EU are rising - FT Alphaville
Oil: the balance of power is changing
Unconventional oil is changing the geopolitical balance - Reuters
The Shard as metaphor for London
Inequality isn't all bad - Reuters
27 June
The war against the young
The government is picking on the young to protect the old - The Spectator
Europe: now about Germany, not up to Germany
Germany is in bigger trouble than anyone imagines - Prudent Bear
The forebearance crippling our banks
Undermining the trust in our financial system - Robert Peston
26 June
Stabilising prices is immoral
Monetary policy has moral implications - Interfluidity
Time to get rid of Britain's small change
Should George Osborne get rid of 1p and 2p pieces? - Bond Vigilantes
Generational decline: reality bites
America's first generation to fare worse than its parents - The Economist
Economic history of the last 2,000 years
The world from 1AD to now - The Atlantic
Europe still doesn't get it
The real problem is the euro itself - City Journal
Eurozone will create a giant Mezzogiorno
Unification ruined southern Italy, and will do the same for Europe - Daily Telegraph
25 June
Greece's lawyer speaks
Lawyer who represented Greece predicts another bail-out and capital controls - Barry Ritholz
Unification ruined the south of Italy
The eurozone will create a giant Mezzogiorno - The Telegraph
This isn't the first time that GPs have been the bad guys of the NHS
A historical look at the odd status of GPs within the NHS - The Week
Not quite Greek, but still weak
Why can't California get its act together? - The Economist
Factual free market fairness
If you think the government protects the poor, you're not paying attention - Bleeding Heart Libertarians
Economic possibilities of our grandchildren
Keynes predicts the future
22 June
Ten reasons countries fail
Ten reasons why countries turn into failed states - Foreign Policy
The macroeconomics of Chinese kleptocracy
The Chinese economy - run by the politicians, for the politicians - Bronte Capital
The right way to bribe kids
How to use economics to get good grades - Atlantic
If football were the markets
Ten likely outcomes of the Germany v Greece match - Forbes
Cable 'gets' market monetarism
Business Secretary emphasises tight budgets and loose money - The Money Illusion
How effective has the Fed been?
Graphic of Fed stimulus and its effect on yields - Wall Street Journal
21 June
In praise of leisure
Why are we all still working so hard? - Chronicle of Higher Education
Clarity about austerity
Michael Spence on 'a fairly serious misunderstanding' - Project Syndicate
A year in the life of a city bike
What a parked bike reveals about human nature - Dan Ariely
20 June
Sovereign ratings don't matter
Credit ratings have no effect on a country's borrowing costs - Reuters
The party indicator
How extravagant parties can flag up bubbles - The Reformed Broker
India's engine flameout
Despite India's high-tech reputation, it has a terrible defence industry - The Diplomat
Consequences of a Greek exit
The likely consequences of Greece leaving the eurozone - Financial Times
The cost of kids in America
Cost of raising a child in the US is up by 23% since 1960 - The Atlantic
18 June
The end of the world as we know it
If you think MoneyWeek is bearish, wait till you read this - Project Syndicate
Who would you lend to Italy or Peston?
Robert Peston is less creditworthy than Italy - but only just - BBC
What Germans own
Graphic detailing at the kind of assets Germans own - The Big Picture
15 June
Why economic history matters
History teaches useful lessons politicians would do well to heed - The Browser
China's hard landing in action
The city hardest-hit by China's slowdown - Bloomberg
Restaurant economics
Why restaurants are making you queue - The Age
14 June
Oil tests its price floor
Assumptions about a minimum oil price could be wrong - Reuters
The creepy economics of happiness
How economics is trying to measure and explain pleasure - New Republic
What we can learn from fish
How to control the behaviour of crowds - Spiegel Online
13 June
Viscount d'Abernon's frustrations
Thoughts on the gold standard from a frustrated 1930s financier - The Money Illusion
Will Greece leave the euro?
Credit Suisse's head of global research on Greece leaving the eurozone - The Financialist
Eight of the best from Milton Friedman
Pithy sayings from the Nobel-Prize winning economist - The Conversable Economist
12 June
The world in depression
What we can learn from the 1930s - Vox EU
Italy isn't Spain - it's Japan
Despite the panic in the markets, Italy is very different to Spain - FT Alphaville
US wealth in one chart
The shocking drop in median net worth - US Federal Reserve
Bear in a China shop
The optimistic view on China - Brookings
Crime pays - till the fourth job
Crime does pay for bank robbers, but not for long - Daily Telegraph
The little nation that could
If you enjoy a good underdog story, you'll love Cambodia - StockTwits
11 June
What about a Leveson inquiry for banks?
Forget the media, bankers deserve a lot more scrutiny - PoliticalBetting
Buy-to-let doesn't add up
An amateur landlord's miserable experience with buy-to-let - Lovemoney
Bitcoin: the net's Wild West
Bitcoin is finding uses at the fringes of decent society - Ars Technica
The 'Tips' curve has become inverted
The market sees 0% inflation this year - Sober Look
What could possibly go wrong?
The prospectus for Silicon Valley's next hot tech IPO - McSweeney's
The non-linearity of economics
We can't understand economics by thinking in terms of cause and effect - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
8 June
Odds of more QE over 50%
Morgan Stanley's top economist expects the US Federal Reserve to act - Business Insider
Advertising's future is mobile
Consumers are turning to smartphones, but advertisers are still stuck in print - The Atlantic
25 ways to make a trillion dollars
How to get rich and stay that way - The Altucher Confidential
Save us, Ben Bernanke, you're our only hope!
Star Wars tells you all you need to know about the miserable US recovery - The Atlantic
Global finance: a big Ponzi scheme
Is there any difference between the global finance system and a Ponzi scheme? - Blooomberg
Maastricht and all that
Sceptical piece from 1992 on the treaty that led to the euro - London Review of Books
7 June
An ugly precedent for Greece
Lessons from Greece's 1930s exit from the gold standard - Bloomberg
Why Spain is under siege
Spain's politicians should stop overpromising and underdelivering - Reuters
The wine market sobers up
Has the luxury wine bubble popped? - The Atlantic
6 June
Killing the euro-patient?
Austerity may finish off the single currency - The Economist
The end of the con
For China, the days of easy growth are gone - Caixin Online
The battle to regain strength
The state of the wealth management industry - Boston Consulting Group
1 June
The paradox of libertarianism
Libertarianism's greatest achievement? Bigger government - Cato Unbound
Benefits ideology
The idea of mass benefit fraud is a myth - Stumbling & Mumbling
Breakaway or breakup?
How to stop Greece leaving the euro becoming the death of the single currency - Vox
Low house prices: what's not to like?
Why cheaper housing is good for the economy - Bloomberg
School pupil to Krugman: you're wrong
Precocious kid shows how to save the economy - The Money Illusion
Nightmare foretold for Greece
A look at just how bad 'drachmageddon' could be for Greece - Reuters
May 2012
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Parental contributions to kids' university living costs could reach £14,000 a yearParents helping kids with university living costs face contributions of up to £14,000 per year, according to a report from HEPI and TechnologyOne.
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Rightmove: property asking prices hit record highNews Rising demand for top of the ladder home is boosting asking prices, Rightmove research shows. Is now a good time to sell a property?
