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Weekend reading: Robert Shiller interview, questioning the efficient market

Good reads from around the Web.

I don’t have a fixed routine for the weekend, besides writing this post of course. But where possible I like to watch videos of Nobel prize winners musing about the markets.

And here’s – eventually, after adverts that sound like a parody – Yale economics professor Robert Shiller, interviewed by US broadcaster Consuelo Mack:

I wish Shiller was my grandfather and that I went to his house for dinner on Sundays. Somebody out there is one lucky grandson!

As for Consuelo Mack, she sounds like a character from Hunter S Thompson [1].

From the blogs

Making good use of the things that we find…

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Other articles

Product of the week: Some Fairtrade products – such as bananas – are much more expensive than others. The Guardian takes a look [14] why.

Mainstream media money

Some links are Google search results – in PC/desktop view these enable you to click through to read the piece without being a paid subscriber of that site.1 [15]

Passive investing

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Other stuff worth reading

Book of the week: With Liar’s Poker [31], Moneyball [32], and The Big Short [33], Michael Lewis has nabbed the seat marked “financial chronicler of our generation”. His next book – Flash Boys [34] – is on pre-order for March. It will tell the tale of high-frequency traders, and I can’t wait.

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  1. Reader Ken notes that: “FT articles can only be accessed through the search results if you’re using PC/desktop view (from mobile/tablet view they bring up the firewall/subscription page). To circumvent, switch your mobile browser to use the desktop view. On Chrome for Android: press the menu button followed by “Request Desktop Site”.” [ [39]]