Madness of easy money and momentum stocks is crushing the unwary – Telegraph
China is right to try to end its bubble addiction | South China Morning Post
Sweden Turns Japanese – NYTimes.com
Ex-otages en Syrie: “Quatre jours sans manger et sans boire” – L’Express
Krugman still thinking about Sweden — and still only gets it partly right
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Cuts Income Taxes in Effort to Boost Economy – WSJ.com
Audi sets target of 500,000 car sales in China – Independent.ie
How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics – FT.com
Impressions of Russia | Econbrowser
The computer viruses coming soon to a TV near you – Telegraph
Next target for cyber hackers could be your smart TV, says anti-virus chief – Telegraph
Ukraine, short on military budget, starts fundraising drive – The Washington Post
Russia writes off 90 percent of North Korea debt, eyes gas pipeline | Reuters
Inside the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ | Europe | DW.DE | 18.04.2014
Abigail Field: Our Corrupt Tax Code | naked capitalism
Yanis Varoufakis on the “Success” of Greece’s Bond Sale | naked capitalism
Italian Bank Increases Planned Share Sale to $6.9 Billion – NYTimes.com – NYTimes.com
In the driving seat: China’s yuppies are new market force for global automakers | Reuters
GM to invest $12 billion in China and plans more plants | Reuters
How the US made its Putin problem worse – CNBC
Pro-Russian leader rejects Geneva agreement | News | DW.DE | 18.04.2014
Donetsk separatists: ‘We’ll stay until victory’ | Europe | DW.DE | 19.04.2014
Wall Street deregulation pushed by Clinton advisers, documents reveal | World news | theguardian.com
Why Wearables Like Nike’s FuelBand Aren’t Working | Re/code
Messaging Is A Winner-Take-Some Market | TechCrunch
Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism | The Nation
Crony Capitalism and Crony Communism | Bleeding Heart Libertarians
Tourists Welcome, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Obama channeling Cheney? | Michael Hudson
Central Banks Ability to Influence Markets Waning – SPIEGEL ONLINE
I’ve Won My TARP Bet, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Wealthiest Households Accounted for 80% of Postrecession Rise in Incomes – Real Time Economics – WSJ
Airbnb Has Closed Its $500M Round Of Funding At A $10B Valuation, Led By TPG | TechCrunch
Heartbleed maliciously exploited to hack network with multifactor authentication | Ars Technica
As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month | Re/code
Dropbox Acquires Cloud Photos Startup Loom And Document Collaboration Service Hackpad | TechCrunch
Linode Invests $45M To Switch To SSDs, Double RAM | TechCrunch
Scientists discover the animal kingdom’s first ‘female penis’ | The Verge
Airbnb Offers To Pay Hotel Taxes In NY, Hotel Lobby Says ‘No Thanks’ | TechCrunch
Sonos Wants To Ditch Its Only Annoying Shortcoming | TechCrunch
Capital Man – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Your Tendency to Put Things Off May Have Been Inherited
Russia forges ahead with pipeline skirting Ukraine – beyondbrics – Blogs – FT.com