Labor Market - Interesting Applications

Wage stagnation — the myth and reality

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/wage-stagnation--myth-and-reality/2019/12/15/47c42690-1f69-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

The effects of working while in school

https://voxeu.org/article/effects-working-while-school

“The decision whether to take up paid work alongside academic study is a difficult trade-off that students all over the world face. The benefits of additional income and work experience must be weighed up against the loss of hours devoted to formal study.”

Medical Debt - A Growing Problem

Financial Markets - Interesting Items

Don’t Expect the Roaring ’10s for Stocks to Repeat in the ’20s

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-12/don-t-expect-the-roaring-10s-for-stocks-to-repeat-in-the-20s

The Bull Market Almost No One Saw Coming

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-15/the-bull-market-almost-no-one-saw-coming

Stock Analysis Using the P/E Ratio

https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/stock-analysis-using-pe-ratio

World’s Best Hedge Fund Returns Are Found in Tiny Singapore

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-15/world-s-biggest-hedge-fund-returns-are-found-in-tiny-singapore 

UK Electorate Votes to End Brexit Uncertainty

Massive victory for the Tories:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/13/world/europe/uk-general-election-results.html 

Price Wars and India’s Telecom Industry Woes

A price war has undermined India’s big telecoms companies

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/12/12/a-price-war-has-undermined-indias-big-telecoms-companies 

The Futility of Trade Wars

Trump’s Dud of a Deal Shows the Futility of Trade War

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-13/trump-s-u-s-china-deal-wasn-t-worth-a-trade-war

The economic madness of Mr. Tariff Man

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/473060-the-economic-madness-of-mr-tariff-man

Why Is Trump a Tariff Man?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/trump-trade-tariffs.html 

Long-Term Deflation – The Case of Japan

Cheap Japan: From Disney to Big Macs, prices are frozen in time

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Cheap-Japan-From-Disney-to-Big-Macs-prices-are-frozen-in-time

Cheap Japan: Low wages for tech workers delight foreign companies

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Cheap-Japan-Low-wages-for-tech-workers-delight-foreign-companies