Global Economic Issues

Der Spiegel on the Technological Innovation and Job Creation Debate

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/speed-of-innovation-and-automation-threatens-global-labor-market-a-897412.html

Transfer Pricing and Corporate Taxes

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/business/how-apple-and-other-corporations-move-profit-to-avoid-taxes.html

US Economic Update

Labor Market Developments

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/sunday-review/the-idled-young-americans.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/business/college-graduates-fare-well-in-jobs-market-even-through-recession.html

US Corporate Taxes

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/business/economy/03rates.html

Financial Sector Issues

High Frequency Traders Exploit Loopholes – WSJ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578455032466082920.html

Goldman Sachs Makes a Nice Bundle on Malaysian Bets – WSJ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578452802751076598.html

Issuing Debt When Sitting on $145b Cash – The Logic Behind Apple’s Action

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-01/apple-goes-into-debt-to-make-a-fortune.html

Regulating Foreign Banks

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/business/banks-criticize-strict-controls-for-foreign-bets.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/foreign-banks-in-us-face-greater-restrictions.html

On Economics

Consensus Amongst Economists

http://dss.ucsd.edu/~gdahl/papers/views-among-economists.pdf

Daron Acemoglu Facts

For those familiar with the works of MIT economist Daron Acemoglu (an economist famous for his prodigious research output), this collection is hilarious:

http://daronacemoglufacts.tumblr.com/