The American Right Has Long Thought in Its Secret Heart That Roosevelt Was a Communist. Eisenhower Too!
At Least Murka Is Doing Better than Yurp!

Noted for August 16, 2013

Short:

Jay Rosen: When you’re in a Fourth Estate situation | Bruce Bartlett: How the March on Washington Flipped the Southern Vote | Paul Krugman: Stagflation, Stagnation, and Intellectual Asymmetry | David Glasner: "Milton Friedman never understood that under the gold standard, it is the price level which is fixed and the money supply that is endogenously determined, which is why much of the Monetary History… is fundamentally misguided owing to its comprehensive misunderstanding of the monetary adjustment mechanism under a convertible standard" | Paul Krugman: Moment of Truthiness |

Long:

Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman: Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries, 1700-2010 | Rahul Anand, Saurabh Mishra, and Shanaka Peiris: Inclusive Growth: Measurement and Determinants |

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