10 Sunday Reads

July 14, 2013 8:30am by Barry Ritholtz

Good Sunday morning. We have a scorcher of a beautiful day here, and before you head out to the beach, boat or BBQ, here are some things ti feed your brain:

• Have the financial markets been taking too many painkillers? (MarketWatch) see also Price discounts the news (Charts etc.)
• America Is Not Doomed (Daily Beast)
• Fair Play Measured in Slivers of a Second (NYT)
• What’s the Difference Between Traders and Economists? (TRB) see also Traders versus economists (Economist)
• Delusional Pensions and Delusional Researchers (Institutional Imperative)
• Have the robots come for the middle class? (Washington Post)
• Bankers Are Balking at a Proposed Rule on Capital (NYT)
• The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks (MIT Technology Review)
• The amazing movie company behind ‘Sharknado’ (Fortune)
• Grilling Over Charcoal Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Gas (Wired) But see Grilling Over Gas Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Charcoal (Wired)

What’s for brunch ?

Tokyo Shares Get a Second Look

Source: WSJ

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