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Matt Levine: "You could think=that diversified mutual funds are great and help average investors, while =till thinking that they discourage competition and ultimately hurt consume=s. You'd probably want more evidence, of course, but it doesn't strike me =s a priori nuts." Read more...

WAR

The Editors: "Iraqi Prime Min=ster Haider al-Abadi came to Washington this week with many urgent request= and will leave with some vague reassurances. President Barack Obama was r=ght to promise more humanitarian and military assistance, but for it to be=effective, the U.S. has to demand some changes from Abadi -- and make some=of its own, in its mission and expectations." Read more...

ASIAN ECONOMY

William Pesek: "Nobody should=be surprised that Toyota, flush with $18 billion in profits this year, has=emerged as a major beneficiary of Abenomics. But it's still something of a=shock that Japanese workers won't be sharing in Toyota's good fortune." Read more...

LATIN AMERICA

Mac Margolis: "After 20 years=on the catwalk, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen said this week she's =anging up her Louboutins. She took her final stroll on the planks during S=o Paulo Fashion Week, flashing her sunrise smile and shedding a few tears.=As she leaves runway modeling, she'll cry all the way to the bank, of cour=e." Read more...<=span>

ENERGY

Justin Fox: "The Organization=of Petroleum Exporting Countries says that U.S. oil production is about to=stall. Meanwhile, in a report out Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Information A=ministration says that surging U.S. oil and gas production is going to tur= the country into a net energy exporter. That’s a fun juxtapositio=, huh?" Read more...

RETIREMENT

Megan McArdle: What kind of n=merically illiterate pension trustees would issue "bonus checks" every tim= investment returns exceeded the target rate? The kind who oversee funds i= San Diego, Philadelphia, Illinois and a host of other places. Read more...

LAW

Stephen L. Carter: "Over the =ears, the Laws of Chess, like the laws governing so many areas, have grown=more complex. Tightly structured rules have replaced discretion. The resul= can be clarity, but sometimes at the cost of common sense." Read more...

GUNS

Francis Wilkinson: "If your v=sion of America is a place where white men rightfully run the show and wom=n and racial minorities are bit players on the national stage, and if you'=e fearful of the changes that are inexorably undermining that vision, well= then, it may make some kind of sense to carry a gun to the grocery store.= Read more...

MIDDLE EAST

Noah Feldman: "Does the new v=rsion of the bill giving Congress a vote on the Iran nuclear agreement -- = bill which President Barack Obama has agreed to sign -- shift the constit=tional balance of power when it comes to foreign agreements? At first glan=e, it looks as if it might." Read more...

POLITICS

Jonathan Bernstein: "What hav= political scientists discovered about U.S. politics that you probably don=E2��t accept?" Rea= more...

RUSSIA

Leonid Bershidsky: "Russian P=esident Vladimir Putin has an optics problem: Even as he asks people to be=patient with the economic turmoil brought on in part by his response to We=tern sanctions, new income and property declarations are demonstrating tha= he and his top staffers aren't sharing the pain." Read more...

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