- 'There’s no education in the second kick of a mule.' That seems to be Republican Senate heavyweight Mitch McConnell's way of saying that his party won't engineer another government shutdown. (H/t Sullivan.)
- Asset managers Black Rock have a nice interactive on their website to compare the sovereign risk of various world economies. (H/t Crikey.)
- McKinsey is also in the snazzy graphics business, this time to display cross-border remittance flows for various regions.
- The Arab oil embargo of the US began 40 years ago this week. What has changed since then in the energy sector?
- Is Marx making a comeback? (H/t MR.)
- Odd couple: PNG strengthens diplo relations with Israel, which in turn offers military assistance. (Thanks Marty.)
- We don't often link to straight news articles, but since the violence in Iraq gets so little attention, this story of various bombings killing 66 people is worth flagging.
- Ten diagrams that explain the evolution of the world's cities.
- One for our student readers: four iron laws of learning, starting with 'Students learn only a small fraction of what they're taught.' It gets worse from there.
Friday links: Remittances, sovereign risk, Marx comeback, cities, shutdown and more
Published 18 Oct 2013
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