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What We’re Reading – Week of 12/21/2018

Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Amazon gets rid of Can’t Realize a Profit (CRaP) products.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

India seems to be the one market where the iPhone can’t compete.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

According to the New York Times, McKinsey is happy to lend its expertise to your favorite dictator or authoritarian for a price.

Article via New York Times ($)

 

There is a shocking amount of variability in what people are billed for emergency care.  Texas is one of the worst offenders too.  Vox has been looking ER bills from around the country for a year and shares what they learned.

Article via Vox

 

Meet the new aristocrats of debt, CLO managers.

Article via Bloomberg