Procrastinating on November 18, 2016
Over at Equitable Growth: Must- and Should-Reads:
- Brad Plumer: Donald Trump's Infrastructure Plan Wouldn't Actually Fix America's Infrastructure Problems: "Donald Trump loves the idea of infrastructure... wants to make an infrastructure bill a priority in his first 100 days... (Th)
- Ann Pettifor: @annpettifor: "Read this for an explanation of George Osborne: https://t.co/UW0Tbo4BX9 (Th)
- Paul Krugman (2015): Multipliers and Reality: "An exchange between Simon Wren-Lewis and Robert Waldmann... raises some interesting issues. (Th)
- Ben Thompson: Fake News: "Between 2001 and 2003, Judith Miller wrote a number of pieces in the New York Times asserting that Iraq had the capability and the ambition to produce weapons of mass destruction... (F)
- PIIE: Conference on Income Inequality and Inclusive Growth (F)
- Should-Read: Aaron Carroll: Will “Repeal and Delay” Be the Next “Doc Fix”?: "I’m seeing a lot of chatter on how one thing Republicans can do in January is 'Repeal and Delay'... (F)
- Duncan Weldon: Negative Yields, the Euthanasia of the Rentier, and Political Economy: "I understand the mechanics of engine that took us here but not what the driver was thinking... (M)
Interesting Reads:
- Jeffrey J. Schott: TPP Could Go Forward without the United States:
- David Leask: Beyond Brexit: Scottish passport plan could allow Scots to keep working and living in Europe
- Benedict Anderson (1983): Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism http://amzn.to/2fYVq1e
- Ernest Gellner (1983): Nations and Nationalism http://amzn.to/2fYUg62
- Jonathan Woetzel: Closing California’s Housing Gap
- Thomas Piketty: We must rethink globalization, or Trumpism will prevail:
- Barry Eichengeeen: Three ways to make sense of the dollar in uncertain times: Haven status and policies will determine prospects for the economy and currency
- Josh Marshall: We've put together a preliminary list of where members of Congress stand on Paul Ryan's plan to phase out Medicare and replace it with vouchers for private insurance
And Over Here:
- Should-Read: Aaron Carroll: Will “Repeal and Delay” Be the Next “Doc Fix”?: "I’m seeing a lot of chatter on how one thing Republicans can do in January is 'Repeal and Delay'...
- Should-Read: Duncan Weldon: Negative Yields, the Euthanasia of the Rentier, and Political Economy: "I understand the mechanics of engine that took us here but not what the driver was thinking...
- Weekend Reading: Neville Morley: Vicarious Virtue
- A Question for Paul Krugman: Please, Sir, May I Still Fly My Neoliberal Freak Flag?
- Note to Self: Why Donald Trump's attempt to make trade policy his arena for rescuing America's white want-to-be-blue-collar workers will fail
- Should-Watch: PIIE: Conference on Income Inequality and Inclusive Growth
- Weekend Reading: Izabella Kaminska: Facebook and the Manufacture of Consent
- Should-Read: Ben Thompson: Fake News: "Between 2001 and 2003, Judith Miller wrote a number of pieces in the New York Times asserting that Iraq had the capability and the ambition to produce weapons of mass destruction...
- Note to Self: Imagined Communities vs. Nations and Nationalism
- Must-Read: Paul Krugman (2015): Multipliers and Reality: "An exchange between Simon Wren-Lewis and Robert Waldmann... raises some interesting issues...
- Inclusive Growth?: PIIE Conference
- Should-Read: Ann Pettifor: @annpettifor: "Read this for an explanation: https://t.co/UW0Tbo4BX9 @hiltonholloway @cjsnowdon @A_Liberty_Rebel @minefornothing"
- Should-Read: Brad Plumer: Donald Trump's Infrastructure Plan Wouldn't Actually Fix America's Infrastructure Problems: "Donald Trump loves the idea of infrastructure... wants to make an infrastructure bill a priority in his first 100 days...
- Radical Uncertainty, Political Risk, and Forecasting the Global Economy
- John Podesta: @johnpodesta: "GOP leaders chose to ignore... the true Donald Trump. They propped him up, now they own it." (Basic Competence Is Undervalued Department)
Perhaps Worth Reading...
