Bucks Blog: It's Time to Occupy Your Checkbook

Apple is known as a company that's obsessed with attention to detail. But just how obsessed? Really, really obsessed, it turns out — the company worked hard to make sure its new mouse "sounds right" when you use it.

One of the big trades of 2015 has been to short the the euro against the dollar as the European Central Bank (ECB) becomes more aggressive with easy monetary policy and the US Federal Reserve begins to tighten policy with interest rate hikes. The US dollar has been on a tear on this trend, and the euro has been tanking. And with the prospect of the ECB buying bonds, bond price have been surging and yields have been tumbling.

If you're a hard-core shopper, you're not going to want to spend any time in the stores with people like Carl Richards, the artist-in-residence at the Bucks blog.

Guess I should post something on the Piketty data controversy (please feel free to post links to additional discussion in comments). This is Paul Krugman:

When you're trying to start your own company, one of the biggest obstacles can be effective time management. Even if you've got the necessary business skills, a talented team and plenty of funding to get started, you'll still need to make sure you're using your time as efficiently as possible.

By John O'Donnell

By Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and Chairperson at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Cross posted from Triple Crisis