Subject: EconVue Weekly Spotlight
From: "Lyric Hughes Hale" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 18:45:04 -0700 (PDT)

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EconVue Weekly Spotlight

Dear R. Hunter,

This month the G7 finance meetings were held in Sendai, a city that 
experienced natural devastation in 2011. At the leaders' summit that 
followed, President Obama paid a historic visit to Hiroshima, whose 
destruction was entirely man made. Both cities have personal 
significance for me, going back to my exchange student days.

Visiting Sendai and the still-visible path of the 3/11 earthquake and 
tsunami underlined for me the fragility of human existence, and the need 
to work together when we can. However in Sendai last weekend it became 
clear that the G7 countries, among the richest and most developed in the 
world, are no longer able or willing to effectively coordinate policy. 
In spite of sluggish global growth, members Britain and Germany will not 
support fiscal expansion. As the US contemplates interest rate hikes, 
Japan pioneers negative monetary policy. Policy divergence increases 
complexity and the possibility of policy failure. Perhaps only another 
crisis will bring them together again.

Stories in our Spotlight This Week

1. The G7 Meeting in Sendai: Mr Aso's PEF Project

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lyric-hughes-hale/the-g7-meeting-in-sendai_b_10100416.html

Lyric Hughes Hale 5/23/16 Huffington Post Something good did come out of 
the G7 meeting in Sendai. Japan has pledged $50M for an innovative 
program to fund the costs of a pandemic. The funds will be used to buy 
premiums from private insurers. Watch for other G7 countries to follow 
the Japanese lead. 2. Japan Won't Depopulate Quietly Into The Night

http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/japan-wont-depopulate-quietly-into-the-night/?utm_content=bufferf73c9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Anthony Fensom 5/20/16 The Diplomat The central question for Japan's 
long term future. How can a country with a low birth rate and no 
immigration expect economic growth? 3. The False Promise of Negative 
Interest Rates

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negative-interest-rates-false-promise-by-robert-skidelsky-2016-05?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1671e30c37-The_Donald_Trump_Show_OP_5_29_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-1671e30c37-93754929

Robert Skidelsky 5/24/16 Project Syndicate "As a biographer and 
aficionado of John Maynard Keynes, I am sometimes asked: "What would 
Keynes think about negative interest rates?" Robert Skidelsky provides 
the clearest explanation I have read of the futility of current monetary 
policy, and why in spite of their reluctance, governments must spend 
money to end current stagnation. 4. How Technology Hijacks People's 
Minds -- From a Magician and Google's Design Ethicist

https://medium.com/swlh/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3#.l2f905sg7

Tristan Harris 5/18/16 Medium Corp How technology exploits our mind's 
weaknesses. Is a mobile phone really a kind of slot machine? 5. Fighting 
for an Alternative to Big Banks

http://inequality.org/fighting-alternative-big-banks/

Katherine Isaac 5/19/16 Inequality. org Nearly 28% of US households are 
at least partially outside the financial mainstream, or underserved by 
traditional banks. A shocking 54% of African-American and 47% of Latino 
households are underserved. EconVue Research and Insights Everyone Will 
Lose if the UK Exits the EU -- Except Donald Trump and His Soulmate, 
Vladimir Putin

http://econvue.com/pulse/everyone-will-lose-if-uk-exits-eu-—-except-donald-trump-and-his-soulmate-vladimir-putin

Robert Shapiro Keen Brexit analysis. This summer's surprise could be 
that Brexit itself exits. Weekly Data Preview: May 31-June 3

http://econvue.com/reports/michael-lewis/fmi-weekly-data-preview-may-31-june-3

Michael Lewis As usual at the start of the new month, Friday's 
employment report will be key. Most indicators are pointing to another 
respectable (at least) payroll performance in May. This, of course, will 
be the last jobs reading before the FOMC meets in mid-June. Healthcare's 
Dysfunctional Pricing: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

http://econvue.com/pulse/healthcare's-dysfunctional-pricing-be-afraid-be-very-afraid

David W. Johnson Analysis on the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI)‘s 
annual report of healthcare prices last month: to no-one's surprise, 
HCCI found huge variation in commercial prices for 240 common medical 
services across 41 states. If you would like to subscribe to our weekly 
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With all best wishes,

Lyric
Lyric Hughes Hale

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