Things to Read for Your Morning Procrastination on December 8, 2015
Over at Equitable Growth--The Equitablog:
- Marginal Notes on Janet Yellen's Footnote 14
- : The Political Aftermath of financial Crises: Going to Extremes: "Far-right parties are the biggest beneficiaries..."
- : That 30s Show: "Europe’s underperformance is slowly eroding the legitimacy, not just of the European project, but of the open society itself..." :: As John Maynard Keynes wrote 80 years ago.... "It may be possible by a right analysis of the problem to cure the disease while preserving efficiency and freedom..."
- : Why Energy Storage is About to Get Big--and Cheap
- : Central Bankers do Not Have as Many Tools as They Think: "The unresolved question that will hang over the economy is how policy can delay and ultimately contain the next recession. It demands urgent attention" :: A government that does not only fail to work to generate high-pressure now, but also lacks a plan for fighting the next recession...
- Jason Furman on residential housing supply, NIMBYism, and economic growth
- : We’ve Grown Apart: "There are some ways in which MSNBC and Fox News are mirror images of each other... devoted to making the other party look bad. But Fox News is also committed to making blacks look bad...' :: [Perhaps] this is a good sign... that racial prejudice is no longer assumed and presumed...
- : Chasing Returns Has a High Cost for Investors
- : Absence of Value: An Analysis of Investment Allocation Decisions by Institutional Plan Sponsors
- The best response to market volatility
And Over Here:
- Live from the Roasterie: The Party--Republican, that is--ain't doin' no decidin'...
- Must-Read: Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick, and Christoph Trebesch: The Political Aftermath of financial Crises: Going to Extremes
- Must-Read: Paul Krugman: That 30s Show
- Must-Read: Ramez Naam: Why Energy Storage is About to Get Big--and Cheap
- Live from Caribou Coffee: A strange piece from the sharp Ed Luce on Obama
- Liveblogging World War I: December 8, 1915: Nicola Tesla
- Must-Read: Lawrence Summers: Central Bankers do Not Have as Many Tools as They Think
- Must-Read: Jason Furman on residential housing supply, NIMBYism, and economic growth
- Must-Read: Martin Longman: We’ve Grown Apart
- Marginal Notes on Janet Yellen's Footnote 14
- Jeet Heer: On Twitter: 'Shorter GOP: Just because killer believed in & repeated our lies about PP, doesn't mean we are responsible.'
- Monday David Graeber Smackdown: Mocetezuma II and Predecessors Not Gentle Baa-Lambs Department
- Live from Evans Hall: Calendar: GEA December Student Seminar Series
- Monday Smackdown: Does Niall Ferguson Really Think the Sack of Rome in 410 Was Like the Paris Terror Attack?
Might Like to Be Aware of:
- : "I’ve often wondered what the obvious opposite of [Peter] Heather’s ‘serious historian’--a frivolous one--might write. Having read Ferguson’s ill-judged and shallow analogies between 5th century Rome and 21st century Europe, I think I now know..."
