Links for the Week of October 5, 2015
- : "Conor Friedersdorf... from some alternate universe in which the House Republican caucus hasn't just thrown itself into a tailspin over a few dozen nutters' insistence that the entire fabric of the American economy must collapse unless Barack Obama agrees to implement the entire Republican Party platform.... The idea that Democrats should play a game of 'heads the GOP wins, tails the Democrats lose' may make for a fun holier than thou hot take, but it's also ridiculous..."
- : Alphachatterbox
- : The Attack on Voting Rights
- : Why Support the TPP?
- (2012): Just Say It: The Republicans Are the Problem
- : The Fed: Being Goaded into Raising too Soon?
- : How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps
- : Sophia Dulup Singh: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
- : Ben Bernanke's big blunder: The Fed should have abandoned inflation targeting
- : If you want mental health services to prevent violence, Medicaid expansion is critical
- : Oh Ya Think?: Ezra Klein: "New research suggests we've been overestimating the effectiveness of our best treatments for depression: http://bit.ly/1PeZ0lP
- : From the Neolithic Era to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare for the Future by Studying the Past
- : The Pilot for The Expanse Is a Tense Socio-Political Thriller Inside a Gritty Space Opera
- : The Republican Dilemma
- : Economic Impossibilities for Our Grandchildren?
- : Next Steps for Health Care Reform
- : Why Capitalism Needs Saving
- : You Don't Pass a Pool Fencing Law After a Child Drowns, Says JEB!, Who Did Just That
- : "Why Boulder is taking pre-emptive measures against density, zoning changes, and affordable housing. Bad ones..."
- : What Ever Happened to Google Books?
- Daniel Kahneman (2012): Thinking, Fast and Slow
- : It’s Getting Harder To Move Beyond a Minimum-Wage Job
- : Next financial crash is coming--and before we've fixed flaws from last one
- : Pope Francis, Perón, and God’s People: The Political Religion of Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- : The Mirage of Structural Reform
- : 10 Things You Should Know About Disability Insurance | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- : Barbara Boxer: She Crushed Carly Fiorina in 2010. Now She’s on a Mission to Do It Again
- : My Thoughts on Hedge Funds
- Must-Read: : The Limits Of The Digital Revolution: Why Our Washing Machines Won't Go To The Moon
- Weijia Li: Party-State Relationships in One-Party Regimes
- : Economic Growth vs. Social Insurance—Why Can’t We Have Both?
- : The tech billionaires are wrong. We are never going to have cities on Mars
- : Out-Of-Pocket Prescription Costs Under a Typical Silver Plan Are Twice as High as in the Average Employer Plan
- : The Fight for 15
- : "The valid point that people raise about new construction
- (1963): Commercial Banks as Creators of "Money"
- : Discrimination and Worker Evaluation
- : How much would increasing top income tax rates reduce inequality?
- : Soc 880: Data Visualization
- : Correcting Signals for Innovation in Health Care
- : The smartest economist you’ve never heard of
- : The Investment Accelerator and the Woes of the World
- : [‘The Martian’ isn’t just a great movie. It’s an important movie(https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/05/the-martian-isnt-just-a-great-movie-its-an-important-movie/)
- : Enemies of the Sun
- : Medium Proves Innovation Still Works
- : Puzzled By Peter Gourevitch
