The Real Jobs Problem, Lies and 'Spinal Tap'
(Bloomberg View) -- Our midweek morning train reads:
- Jamie Dimon: On the Money? (Bloomberg Gadfly); see also “Something Is Wrong” (JPMorgan Chase)
- How Trader Joe's Wine Became Cheaper Than Bottled Water (Thrillist)
- ETFs Are the New Bond Kings (Bloomberg)
- Here's the real Rust Belt jobs problem -- and it's not offshoring or automation (Washington Post)
- Vanguard: The Evolution Of Active Management (ETF.com); see also Who Killed the Active Fund Manager? (Bloomberg Gadfly)
- Inside knowledge: How to tell truth from lies (New Scientist)
- CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. (New York Times)
- The secret monopoly behind America's outrageous drug prices (the Week); see also How Pharma Companies Use "Citizen Petitions" to Keep Drug Prices High (the Atlantic)
- Living a Lie: We Deceive Ourselves to Better Deceive Others (Scientific American)
- Harry Shearer: Why My "Spinal Tap" Lawsuit Affects All Creators (Rolling Stone)
What are you reading?
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Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg View columnist. He founded Ritholtz Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He blogs at the Big Picture and is the author of “Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy.”
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