GOOD AND BAD INEQUALITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Good and Bad Inequality . Dani Rodrik . DEC 11, 2014      .        PRINCETON – In the pantheon of economic theories, the tradeoff bet...

THE OIL MARKET ACTUALLY WORKS, AND THAT HURTS / THE AUTOMATIC EARTH

The Oil Market Actually Works, And That Hurts by Raúl Ilargi Meijer December 12, 2014 .   DPC Youngstown, Ohio. Steel mill and...

SCARECROWS OUTNUMBER PEOPLE IN DYING JAPAN TOWN / THE BIG STORY

Scarecrows outnumber people in dying Japan town By ELAINE KURTENBACH Dec. 8, 2014 6:32 AM EST .    ...

THE COLLAPSING PERIPHERY / PRUDENTBEAR.COM

The Collapsing Periphery By: Doug Noland Friday, December 12, 2014 The collapsing Periphery took aim at the Core. This week saw t...

INTERNATIONAL TRADE : A TROUBLING TRAJECTORY / THE ECONOMIST

International trade A troubling trajectory Fears are growing that trade’s share of the world’s GDP has peaked. But that is far from cert...

MAD AS HELLAS / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Op-Ed Columnist Mad as Hellas DEC. 11, 2014 Paul Krugman     The Greek fiscal crisis erupted...

THE CHARTS DON´T BELIEVE IN THE SANTA CLAUS RALLY / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Getting Technical The Charts Don’t Believe In the Santa Claus Rally After a record-breaking string of gains, stocks finally ran out of ...

COMMODITIES GO FROM HOARD TO FLOORED / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Heard on the Street Commodities Go From Hoard to Floored Oil and Iron Woes May Be Far From Over By Justin Lahart Dec. 14, 2014 2:06...

U.S. BUDGET BATTLE SHOWS WALL ST. STILL TOXIC / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

December 12, 2014 6:15 pm US budget battle shows Wall St still toxic Megan Murphy in Washington Get Alerts Start alerts Get an ema...

THESE ETF´S ARE AS GOOD AS GOLD / MARKET WATCH

Opinion: These ETFs are as good as gold By Dave Fry Published: Dec 4, 2014 5:29 p.m. ET   Gold bullion and related ETFs have t...

FRANCE DRIFTS INTO DEFLATION AS ECB "PEA-SHOOTER" FALLS SHORT / THE TELEGRAPH

France drifts into deflation as ECB 'pea-shooter' falls short The Bank of Italy warns that any further falls in prices at this sta...