Some links for weekend reading:
Positive-sum currency wars — Greg Ip takes a thorough look at what’s really going on today between countries, and demystifies some assumptions while he’s at it. (The Economist)
P&G, General Mills tap into startups — The two packaged goods companies are receiving trend reports about startups in categories that cover their business units, and sometimes offer mentoring and even joint venture deals. (WSJ)
The technical competence of economic policymakers — An analysis of the education background of the ministers and central bankers who are setting our economic policies. (Vox)
Confessions of a corporate spy — “I don’t break the law. But I always feel like I’m right on the edge of it, never mind my rigid ethical standards.” (Inc.)
Will Heinz get the Brazilian treatment? — Warren Buffett wasn’t the sole buyer of HJ Heinz; his partner, Brazil’s 3G Capital, has experience of (very strictly) managing a consumable products business. (WSJ)
Deregulation may not have lowered air fares after all — While the assumption is that it was the deregulation of the airline industry in 1979 that paved the way for today’s low-cost flying, one study claims that prices were already rapidly falling in the 1960s and 1970s. (Mother Jones)
When are you too old to keep working? — Given the aging population, isn’t it time we reconsider the course of our lives? (The Guardian)
Study: Facebook fatigue — it’s real — It seems a growing number of Facebook users are taking time off from the social network. (CNET)
Amazon unpacked — “Many in the town, however, have mixed feelings. They are grateful for the jobs Amazon has created but they are also sad and angry about the quality of them.” (Financial Times)
Rubio and the big lie of the crisis –�”It might be news when a senator, pushed as a frontrunner for his party�s presidential nomination in 2016, gets up on national television and spouts pure falsehoods.” (Columbia Journalism Review)
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