LInks for the Week of November 6, 2016
Most-Recent Must-Reads:
- Paul Krugman (2013): Phantom Crises: "Simon Wren-Lewis is puzzled by a Ken Rogoff column that sorta-kinda defends Cameron’s austerity policies...
- Paul Krugman (2008): The Rogoff Doctrine: "Ken Rogoff is one of the world’s best macroeconomists. But...
- Kenneth Rogoff: [The Fear Factor in Global Markets by][]: "Some say that governments did not do enough to stoke demand.... That is true... [but] not the whole story...
- Richard Mayhew: County Level Inequities in the ACA: "Health wonks like to say that the ACA is not a single program but fifty-one programs... works well in some states (California) and poorly in others (Arizona) and muddles through in most...
- FT: The Prevailing Case for Caution by Central Banks: "The US Federal Reserve signalled a high likelihood that interest rates will be raised when it meets next in December...
Most-Recent Links:
- Simon Wren-Lewis (2013): Ken Rogoff on UK austerity
- Ken Rogoff (2013): [Britain should not take its credit status for granted][]
- Paul Krugman (2013): Phantom Crises
- 2013: Kenneth Rogoff's Hooverismo… Matthew Klein (2013): [Ken Rogoff's Latest Bad Argument for Austerity][]
- Paul Krugman (2008): The Rogoff doctrine
- Stephanie Lo and Ken Rogoff (2015): [Secular stagnation, debt overhang and other rationales for sluggish growth, six years on][]
MOAR Must-Reads:
- Nick Rowe: New Keynesians Just Assume Full Employment: "Anyone with even an ounce of Old Keynesian blood... if they understood what the New Keynesians are doing, would be screaming blue murder that we are teaching this New Keynesian model to our students as the main macro model, and that central banks are using this model to set monetary policy...
- Ann Pettifor: Brexit and Its Consequences: "The ‘Brexit’ vote is but the latest manifestation of popular dissatisfaction with the utopian ideal of autonomous markets beyond the reach of regulatory democracy...
- Jared Bernstein: Will the Federal Reserve really have what it takes to fight off the next recession?: "Someone called me the other day all wound up because some market prognosticator convinced her that a U.S. recession was right around the corner...
- Noah Smith: Want More Startups? Build a Better Safety Net: "What was wrong with the theory?... Acemoglu et al.... [thought] the thing that determines entrepreneurial success is... how hard you try...
- IMF: 17th Annual Research Conference: Macroeconomics after the Great Recession, November 3-4, 2016: "The theme... is "Macroeconomics after the Great Recession"...
- Barry Eichengreen: Rethinking Capital Controls: "Worries persist that capital controls create a breeding ground for both corruption and distortions in resource allocation...
- Kevin Drum: Chart of the Day: Voting Intentions Are Probably Set In Stone By Now: "This chart is a follow-up to my post last night about response rates in polls...
- John Holbo: Corey Robin’s Reactionary Mind in the New Yorker: "What Matt Feeney actually says...
- Nathanael Johnson: What the New York Times missed with its big GMO story: "A big piece [by Danny Hakim] that made the front page of the New York Times... takes aim at...
MOAR Links:
- Simon Wren-Lewis: Brexit and Neoliberalism: "The economics of [BREXIT] was always fantasy.... Controlling immigration is not a caricature of what the majority of Leave voters wanted, but instead what most were voting for..."
- Edward Filene (1931): Successful Living in This Machine Age: "Mass Production is not simply large-scale production...
- Aaron Carroll: How has the Medicaid expansion affected hospital finances?
- Amanda Bayer and Cecilia Rouse: Diversity in the Economics Profession:
- Mervyn King: The End of Alchemy: "I tend not to blame individual bankers, but the economics profession as a whole...
- Patrick Iber (March 2016): @PatrickIber
- Dan Scotto: GOPocalypse, Part 1: On Contingency | Part 2: The Upstart | Part 3: The Rightful Heir | Part 4: The Longshot
- Paul Rosenberg: Donald Trump and the “twin insurgency”
- Greg Robb: Fed should tip-toe on rates due to weak economy, former IMF chief economist Blanchard says:
- Ashish Jah: JAMA Forum: How Would the Next President Ensure Competitiveness in the Health Care Marketplace?
- Johnny: This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award
- Corey Robin: Edmund Burke and the Problem of Value
