Weekend Reading: Volcanoes, LA, China, Chance, Food, Banks, etc.

A few links from my weekly Weekend Reading column:

• Have we underestimated Chinese consumption
• Why LA hasn’t produced more successful (tech) startups
• The uncomfortable mathematics of monetary policy
• Gold’s Evangelist
• Latest issue of Chance
• Thousands flee as long-sleepy Sumatra volcano erupts
• One New Bank in 2010, but at Least It’s a Double-Wide
  
• Food production: Agriculture wars

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