(The opinions expressed here are those of the authors.)

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.

Opinions expressed are those of the authors. They do not reflect

the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is

committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

(By Anna Szymanski

Editing by Marguerita Choy)