Weekly highlights from my feed reader. Sometimes related to what I am teaching, sometimes not.
- The impact of Donald Trump’s tweets on stock markets. Shifting expectations in financial markets with less than 140 characters. Daily Chart at The Economist
- More bad news from Greece. For an account of the last time Greece came close to default, see this feature in The New Yorker on ex-finance minster Yannis Varoufakis.
- India debates introducing a universal basic income.
- Make GDP Great Again. Political implications of over/underestimating gross domestic product.
- Where Do You Work. The changing nature of employment/labor relations. Ward Regan’s talk on a similar subject on February 28, 2017.