Here is some of what I have been reading since April 1st:

• Youngistan
  "India will add 120 million people of working age over the next decade…China, on the other hand, will add only 19 million people in the same period"
• Kauffman Chief Investment Officer says private derivatives are a brewing crisis
  Harold Bradley says exchanges and clearinghouses are not enough, there needs to be "national market system for fixed income and credit with displayed prices and the posting of open interest and market positions"
• Factory orders indicate V-shaped economic recovery
  "At the very least, the economy wants very much to return to its former level of activity, and to accomplish that requires a lot more growth, more profits, and more jobs; all of which we are likely to see in the next year or so."
• Give Boys a Challenge
  One of my mentors Rob Paterson reminds us that boys can achieve greatness when given real challenges. Go back just 100 years and you will find children and young men admirably performing "adult" responsibilities.

I’ve been watching a lot of videos lately where economists try to explain what happened during the recent financial crisis. Nobel Laureate Dr. Vernon Smith speaks here in mostly plain English about how asset bubbles form and what we can learn from them.

Here is some of what I have been reading since March 31st:

• What CNN Should Do With Itself in Prime-Time
  NYU Journalism Prof Jay Rosen proposes an interesting line-up to help reverse the trend of CNN’s significant ratings losses over the last year.
• Jeff Rubin expects a new peak for oil next year
  “Whether we are talking about supply or demand, there is nothing on the horizon to prevent the imminent return of the very same oil prices that put us into the deepest postwar recession yet in the first place.”
• What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?
  Good question. If we included the behavioral economics folks, it might not be all bad.
• Want to serve customers well? Design their experience
  Customer experience is the #1 underused competitive advantage.
• Data Marketplace
  A new marketplace for structured data, looks like it will significantly lower costs
• Big Think
  As I said when I discovered Fora.tv, how did I not know about this before?