- New labour market figures out for Greece - unadjusted figures suggest recovery, but then June is a traditionally 'good' month for Greece.
- A fuller account of European economic linkages - distinguishing between the effects of trade and financial flows.
- A real similarity between Argentina and Greece for once: publishing accurate national statistics gets you into trouble. Faking them does not.
- The OECD compares income redistribution policies in Europe and the US
- OECD figures document the fiscal benefits of migration for Greece. Full table embedded below.
- Still with the OECD: Greece is the only OECD country in which health risks from smoking increased significantly throughout the boom years.
- The Athens cellphone-tapping affair, revisited in detail. Must-read.
- Revolutionary #FAIL: a call to deface the newly-painted walls of the School of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the National Technical University of Athens attracts slightly less solidarity than expected.
- I don't like sensationalist headlines, especially the ones likely to inflame racist rhetoric, but I just can't not report this - it's proper academic research. One in four men in the Asia-Pacific region have raped their partner or another woman, with 'sexual entitlement' the leading motivation, according to research published in the Lancet.
- In the US, an increase in the minimum wage 'unequivocally' affects employment by forcing businesses to grow more slowly.
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
WEEKEND READING: 14-15 SEPTEMBER
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