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By Anna Szymanski

June 26 (Reuters) - Looking for inspiration? Every Friday, Weekend Reads rounds up what the Reuters Open Interest team has been reading, watching and listening to.

This week's picks span the World Cup, British economic policy and the Federal Reserve's future direction.

We're reading...

RON BOUSSO, ROI Energy Columnist: Setting energy markets aside for a moment, the World Cup is also supplying numerous moments of drama. Check out this Reuters graphics-led feature on the boots dominating the tournament. Spoiler: there's a lot of pink.

MIKE DOLAN, ROI Finance & Markets Columnist: Former Goldman Sachs economist and UK minister Jim O'Neill is reportedly advising Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham on economic policy — including a big infrastructure spending push within the UK's fiscal rules. Read this detailed piece he wrote in December on Project Syndicate on how to fix the UK economy.

CLYDE RUSSELL, ROI Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist: Check out this Reuters exclusive from our Beijing colleagues on China's plan to raise refined product exports for July. This points to a return to normality for the world's biggest crude importer, which slashed oil purchases and fuel exports in response to the Iran war and the resulting oil price surge.

ANDY HOME, ROI Metals Columnist: Reuters offers a smart snapshot of this year's expected strong El Niño weather pattern and what it means for tropical crops such as cocoa, coffee and sugar. Not great news if, like me, you're a coffee lover.

JAMIE MCGEEVER, ROI Markets Columnist: Anthony Scaramucci, entrepreneur and former White House communications director, has written a thought-provoking piece on America's "Great Compression" era from the end of World War Two to the early 1970s. Why did this golden age of income equality end? Can it ever be retrieved?

We're listening to...

ANNA SZYMANSKI, ROI Editor-in-Charge: Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire by defying business wisdom, upending financial norms and wading deep into politics. On The Big View this week, Reuters Breakingviews Global Editor Peter Thal Larsen asks Quinn Slobodian, co-author of "Muskism", whether the SpaceX boss is a one-off or a model of future leaders.

And we're watching...

JAMIE MCGEEVER, ROI Markets Columnist: In the latest episode of the Council on Foreign Relations podcast "The Spillover", host Rebecca Patterson and former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Roger Ferguson reflect on the legacy of former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan. They also look ahead to how the central bank might be shaped under new boss Kevin Warsh.

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