Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong

Should Reads:

• Wendell Potter: The Insurance Empire Strikes Back: "Read between the lines: Industry's message is clear that obstruction of carrier mergers will mean a grim future for Obamacare's exchanges..."
• Paulo Mauro: Growth and debt-to-GDP ratios
• Rema Hanna
• Jonathan Cohn: [For America’s poor, life expectancy statistics resemble those in developing countries][] Tommy Stubbington: Carney’s Great Cash Giveaway: Will the Bank of England succeed in rebooting Britain’s flagging post-Brexit economy?

And Over Here:

• Monday Smackdown: Spending Your Credibility via Trolling Is Not Wise Department...
• Monday Smackdown: Marco Rubio Lashes Out Against Call For Religious Toleration
• Liveblogging Postwar: August 8, 1946: Harry S. Truman to Bess W. Truman
• Liveblogging World War II: August 7, 1946: Eleanor Roosevelt
• Must-Read: Kevin O'Rourke: Brexit Backlash Has Been a Long Time Coming
• [Must-Read: Paul Krugman][]: No Right Turn
• Must-Read: Noam N. Levey: In Louisiana, Rush to Sign Up for ObamaCare Highlights a 'Long Overdue' Demand for Health Insurance
• Must-Read: Eurointelligence: Economics Profession Doubling Down
• Links for the Week of August 7, 2016

Might Like to Read:

• Gabriel Debenedetti: [Happy Sunday][]: Here's a reminder that Team Trump still has no official answer on Melania's immigration story. When did she come? What visa?
• Scott Lemieux: Note: American Presidential Elections Not Determined By Republican Primary Voters: Once Americans find out about Hillary Clinton’s all-quinoa diet, it will be Trump in a landslide..."

Perhaps Worth Reading...