Share the View 2: Lift the Cuba Travel Ban Already

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 4, 2015 bloombergview.com

DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin: "The U.S. war against Islamic State has not yet extended to Libya. But the terror group is rapidly expanding its presence and activities there, and the embattled government is asking for Washington to include Libya in its international fight against the Islamic extremists." Read more... LATIN AMERICA The Editors: "A bill introduced last week by Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont would end curbs on U.S. travel to Cuba. For the sake of Cubans as much as Americans, it deserves to pass." Read more... EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mohamed A. El-Erian: "By signaling its on-again off-again willingness to make progress with its European partners, Greece has taken global markets on a roller coaster ride in the last 10 days, first helping to depress investor sentiment then boosting it. This is unlikely to end soon." Read more... ECONOMICS Noah Smith: "Big changes are happening in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing hard for deep, important structural reforms. ... But there is one big piece of the puzzle that is missing. The missing piece is creative destruction -- Japan needs to learn to let companies die." Read more... CHINA Adam Minter: "China now has 33 million more men than women, tens of millions of whom may never be able to find mates. The Chinese government has recently attempted to alter this dynamic by loosening its family planning policies. But new research suggests that this well-meaning policy shift could be counterproductive." Read more... COMPANIES Virginia Postrel: "When was the last time your talent-hungry organization hired the equivalent of Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler, the undrafted rookie who came out of the University of West Alabama, a Division II school many football fans had never even heard of?" Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Is there a word for an event that feels like a tweetstorm, only it's happening in real life? Read more... Read this entertaining, weird profile of the journalists and researchers who work to expose Internet trolls: Read more... Nearly 30 percent of Silicon Valley residents don't make enough money to cover their basic needs: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Jennifer L. Lawless and Danny Hayes on "The Troubling Causes and Consequences of Diminished Local News": Read more... Akis Georgakellos and Harris Mylonas at the Monkey Cage on the next step for Greece: Read more... Seth Masket at Mischiefs of Faction on partisan polarization and vaccinations: Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) The power of lower oil prices: Read more... Most of the time stock markets do nothing: Read more... Activist investors were a lot more active in 2014: Read more... Matt Levine (Read the news roundup) Staples is buying Office Depot: Read more... How's Greece doing? Read more... How's Warren Buffett doing? Read more...