Global Economic and Political Developments

UPDATES:

India – Not So Fragile

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/5NHT9NQUt6kEbai5djuhqM/Five-charts-that-show-why-India-is-the-most-improved-among-t.html

India - Need for Structural Reforms

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/XoNlKLe3G5OnopsXJQzPGM/Why-a-new-policy-narrative-is-needed.html

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Global Industrial Production Improves

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/business/global-industrial-production-shakes-off-2007-doldrums.html

Global vs. Local Income Inequality

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/upshot/income-inequality-is-not-rising-globally-its-falling-.html
(Related: http://www.economist.com/node/21564414)

Venezuela Continues to Suffer from Brain Drain

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21607824-venezuelas-loss-thousands-oil-workers-has-been-other-countries-gain-brain-haemorrhage

Zakaria’s on Global Instability

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-tough-times-yes-but-weve-seen-worse/2014/07/17/e7de4d96-0dee-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html

Interesting Take on the Mideast Mess

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/opinion/gaza-and-israel-the-road-to-war-paved-by-the-west.html