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What We’re Reading – Week of 11/09/2018

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

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Hank Paulson sees a lot of risk out there for both governments and businesses.

Article via Financial Times ($)

 

Is the Fed in denial about its potential impact as it drains liquidity from the banking system?

Article via Bloomberg

 

The all-in cost of renewable energy has now gotten lower than the marginal cost of coal plants.  Watch for more coal plant closings soon.

Article via Financial Times ($)

 

Ken Rogoff (the emerging markets crisis guru) warns that the world won’t be able to completely avoid the impact of a Chinese recession when it finally comes.

Article via The Guardian

 

Why doctors hate their computers.  The New Yorker explores the love/hate relationship between medicine and technology.

Article via The New Yorker

 

Where there are online eyeballs, there are people trying to game the system to get to them.  Instagram caption writer is the latest new job that you never imagined could exist.

Article via The Ringer