MoneyWeek staff picks - May 2013

May 10, 2013

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21 May

Thinking Utopian

The case for a universal basic income - Washington Post

Adam Smith on immigration

The great economist wouldn't have been a fan of UKIP - Stumbling & Mumbling

This is not like 1999

There are major differences in the market between then and now - The Reformed Broker

20 May

The King's speech

Mervyn King's time as governor was 'a game of two halves' - Bond Vigilantes

The Buffett formula: how to get smarter

Be prepared to read. A lot - Farnham Street

Beckham brand will withstand retirement

Why Becks will remain an ad-man's dream for years to come - Reuters

16 May

The case against cronies

Libertarians must stand up to corporate greed - The Atlantic

Who is the Alex Ferguson of fund management?

Can fund managers with long-term record deliver better returns? - The Telegraph

Recovery in their time

Central bank independence could be slowing recovery - The Economist

15 May

Why cash is your least safe bet

People think their money is safe in cash. It isn't - Financial Post

Investors 'had PTSD' after 2008

'Emotional fallout' of the crash had a lasting effect on decision making - Market Watch

The Cherry Coke effect

Before you invest, do something you enjoy - Psy-Fi Blog

14 May

The art of laundering money

A work that's valuable to the art world may be priceless to the underworld - New York Times

If hedge funds are so smart, why are they so wrong?

Fighting the Fed will never make them any money - The Atlantic

13 May

The trillion-dollar mistake

Buying America's biggest companies can be a bad idea - Mebane Faber

Thatcher's critics 'undermine society'

Deliberately misunderstanding people's motives can destroy society - IEA blog

10 May

The austerity delusion

Why a bad idea won over the West - Foreign Affairs

Australia's economy is cracking

Weakness in China is taking a toll down under - Business Insider

9 May

Dutch debt bomb could blow up the euro

Netherlands could be first core eurozone country to go bust - MarketWatch

NYSE margin debt raises eyebrows

Subtle indicator warning that markets may be about to turn down - WSJ

8 May

How to avoid the 15% 'super stamp duty'

An 'open' house can get you out of the 'mansion tax lite' - New Statesman

Mark Carney might be short of options

New BoE governor should remember that he isn't in Canada any more - Bond Vigilantes

Austerians strike back

Latvia is the new hope for zombie economics - The Atlantic

7 May

Deflation is the real threat to the US

Falling prices may now be the biggest threat to the US economy - USA Today

Is there really austerity in the UK?

Many say spending is rising, not falling. What is the true picture? - Open Democracy

Debtors prisons punishing America's poor

19th century institutions are flourishing across the Atlantic - AlterNet

3 May

'No debt crisis' in Europe

It's an income cisis, not a debt crisis - David Beckworth

Optimism as a default setting

'The man who is a bear on the future of the US will always go broke' - The Reformed Broker

Eurobonds or euro-exit: the choice is Germany's

Doing nothing is no longer an option - George Soros

2 May

Banks 'too big to fail' again

Despite all the talk of reform, nothing has changed - Slate

When a million isn't enough

Investment bankers are struggling to get by - efinancial Careers

Tech stocks are the cheapest in seven years

But bargain hunters should still be wary - Bloomberg

1 May

On wage-led growth

Both right and left are deluded about unemployment - Stumbling & Mumbling

Shares for employment rights

The government quietly revives one of its stupidest ideas - Flip Chart Fairytales

An orgy worthy of 'Bunga Bunga'

Has Italy's silver fox outwitted his opponents yet again? - Zero Hedge


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