A silver lining in your soup

[Bloomberg View]( A daily digest of opinions and analysis What Campbell's Soup Tells Us About the Economy Smaller profits, less inequality? [Conor Sen examines]( the latest earnings from the restaurant industry and Campbell's Soup — "the poster child for cost-pressured food companies" — and sees a potential positive for the income gap. Big Companies Are Gaining a Chokehold on the Economy Even Goldman Sachs is worried that mega-firms are stifling competition, holding down wages and weighing on growth. Goldman Sachs! Economist [Noah Smith suggests]( some measures to prevent today's oligopoly from turning into oligarchy. New York City's Have-and-Have-Not Housing Market If you've got lots of money, it's getting easier to find an apartment. If you don't — well, good luck. [Justin Fox analyzes]( the data and finds the divide is widening faster than previously thought. We Can't Engineer Our Way Out of Climate Change Unfortunately, physicist [Mark Buchanan explains](, that’s exactly what scientists think humans will try to do. Uh-oh. Ritholtz's Reads - How Jeffrey Immelt's "success theater" masked the rot at GE ([Wall Street Journal]() - Supplements are a $30 billion racket. Here's what experts actually recommend ([Ars Technica]() - Nobody wants to let Google win the war for maps all over again: Self-driving cars need detailed data on every inch of street. Can automakers solve the problem without the reigning superpower of maps? ([Bloomberg]() (Read Barry Ritholtz's full daily news roundup [here](.) Bloomberg Gadfly - GM is a canary for [South Korea's automakers]( - A [not-terribly-bright idea]( for Harvard - Mixing a [PC and a smartphone]( is a great idea. In theory. (Read more from BV's sister site for [fast business commentary](.) Bloomberg L.P. ● 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Web]( ● [Facebook]( ● [Twitter]( [Feedback]( ● [Unsubscribe](