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What We’re Reading – Week of 09/30/2016

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

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Shelia Bair says the next big crisis is student debt.

Article via Bloomberg

 

Blackstone dealmaker, Joe Baratta, says it’s the most difficult environment he’s seen.  This probably doesn’t bode well for future private equity returns.

Article via Bloomberg

 

Falling yields in the Land of the Rising Sun have Japanese institutional investors looking abroad for yield.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

Car makers rev up their push into electric vehicles (but only with subsidies).

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)