Subject: Not what Keynes had in mind
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 05:06:09 -0400 (EDT)

A daily digest of opinions and analysis

China Did Stimulus the Wrong Way

Beijing could have boosted infrastructure spending when the Great Recession hit. Instead, it embraced a dangerous expansion of its shadow banking system. Noah Smith explains why China's unorthodox response to the 2008 meltdown likely laid the ground for the next one.

Meet the Man Who’s Going to Run Vanguard

When Tim Buckley takes the reins at the world’s second-largest money manager next year, he’ll be the fourth person ever to hold that position. Barry Ritholtz picks the CEO-in-waiting’s brain about ETFs, active management, fintech, the investment outlook and the future of Vanguard.

The Massachusetts Tax-Cut Miracle

Slashing taxes backfired bigly in Kansas, but it seems to be working well in the Bay State, of all places. (Turns out, economics is really complicated!) Justin Fox makes sense of a tale of two states.

The U.K. Should Be Wary of a Transatlantic Trade Deal

Donald Trump is touting a “very big & exciting” trade pact with the U.K., but Britons won’t get much out of it — except maybe chlorinated chicken. Leonid Bershidsky takes stock of the imbalance.

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Ritholtz’s Reads

Why corrupt bankers avoid jail (New Yorker)

Killing an emerging market canard (ETF.com)

Short sellers give up as stocks run to new records (WSJ)

(Read Barry Ritholtz’s full daily news roundup here.)

Bloomberg Gadfly

Citi’s path to $100 a share won't be easy

AT&T’s TV drain reveals its merger motive

Zombie Trumpcare still threatens the health sector

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