What We Read Today 11 February 2014

(Before It's News)

Econintersect: Every day our editors collect the most interesting things they find from around the internet and present a summary “reading list” which will include very brief summaries of why each item has gotten our attention. Suggestions from readers for “reading list” items are gratefully reviewed, although sometimes space limits the number accepted.

• Growing Pains (Diane Coyle, aeon Magazine) Hat tip to Macro Business.

Measure a country purely in terms of its GDP and you neglect the wellbeing of its people. Yet can that be measured?

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• CDC uses shady math to drastically overinflate statistics on raw milk illnesses
• Janet Yellen on Bubbles
• Lessons for the Coming Week, 10 February 2014
• Market Losses Plus Withdrawals Diminish ETF Assets
• Why Hasn’t Japan’s Massive Government Debt Wreaked Havoc (Yet)?
• The US is a Hypocrite Over Russian Anti-Gay Laws
• Former High-Level NSA Official: Drone Strikes by Metadata Alone “Undisciplined Slaughter”
• The Greatest Gift in the Entire Universe
• McCaul: Syria ‘Most Significant Threat’ to U.S. Security
• The Most Seductive Metal – Matthew Hart Interview (Podcast Ep. 12)