Five things to read from around the web

  • PIMCO’s El-Erian left because of long hours and friction with Bill Gross – CNBC
  • Larry Summers: Important not to tackle income inequality by pulling down rich – CNBC
  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Japan’s recovery risks stalling on tax rise – Telegraph
  • BIS: Central banks should be more proactive to fight bubbles – WSJ
  • US economy finishes best 6-month period since crisis but ‘voters left behind’ not thanking Obama – Bloomberg

Sobering fact in the Bloomberg story: real median household income in the US is still 8% lower than in 2007.

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