• Why do we bother with stock market forecasts?  – Irish Times
• The Left’s Delusions About Mexico’s New President – New Republic
• Economists reconsider how much governments can borrow – Economist
• Public Debt Through The Ages – Barry Eichengreen – IMF
• ‘Modern Monetary Theory’ Is a Joke That’s Not Funny – Bloomberg
• Don’t Be So Sure Hyperinflation Can’t Hit the U.S. – Bloomberg
• Don’t kid yourself, the Federal Reserve isn’t done with interest-rate increases – MarketWatch

• Global policy uncertainty at record levels, Deutsche Bank says – FT

• 5 puzzles in the international economy – Brookings
• Goldman Says Rich People Will Drag Down the U.S. Economy by Spending Less – Bloomberg

Bonus

• The Things John Bogle Taught Us: Humility, Ethics and Simplicity – NY Times
• Bridgewater’s New Brain: A Millennial Woman Is Blazing To The Top Of The World’s Largest Hedge Fund  – Forbes
• The Investment Philosophy of Paul Tudor Jones – gurufocus
• US report says rapidly modernizing Chinese military has set sights on Taiwan – CNN
• Barry Bonds getting support from early ballots to Baseball Hall of Fame – NBC
• GOLF’s 2017-18 ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S – Golf.com
• The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone – WSJ
• Orwell v Huxley: whose dystopia are we living in today? – FT
• Time for America to embrace the class struggle – FT
• A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate to 70 percent – The Hill
• What If Karl Marx Was Right, Mostly? – Econintersect.com

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