Procrastinating on November 28, 2016
Over at Equitable Growth: Must- and Should-Reads:
- James J. Feigenbaum and Christopher Muller: Lead exposure and violent crime in the early twentieth century: "In the second half of the nineteenth century, many American cities built water systems using lead or iron service pipes... (M)
- Dina D. Pomeranz: @dinapomeranz: "Income share of top 1% grew back to where it was 100 years ago in US, UK, CA, IR, AUS, not in DE, JP, FR, SE, DK, NL https://t.co/5MtmkHFMwC (M)
- (2013): "Just Desserts": "'I get what you get in ten years, in two days.'--Chris Brown... (M)
- Mike Konczal (2010): Biggest Surprise of Last Two Years: Bad at Losing: "I expected Obama to be... better at losing... (Tu)
- Pseudoerasmus: To Explain Myself on Twitter: My View of Chile: "Chile before Allende had already been a middle-income country... since the 19th century... (Tu)
Interesting Reads:
- Josh Marshall: Medicare For The Win
- Glenn Garvin: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dead at age 90
And Over Here:
- Should-Read: Mike Konczal (2010): Biggest Surprise of Last Two Years: Bad at Losing: "I expected Obama to be... better at losing...
- Must-Read: Pseudoerasmus: To Explain Myself on Twitter: My View of Chile: "Chile before Allende had already been a middle-income country... since the 19th century...
- When Is Responsible Democratic Governance Possible? The Classical View: Never
- Weekend Reading: Thoukydides: The Mytilenean Debate (427 B.C.)
- For the Weekend...: Copacabana (1947)
- Live from Havana: Eddy Elfenbein: @EddyElfenbein: "Look, I'm not wild about how the Alderaan thing was handled but the Empire made great strides in literacy and public health..."
- Must-Read: Noah Smith (2013): "Just Desserts": "'I get what you get in ten years, in two days.'--Chris Brown...
- Should-Read: Dina D. Pomeranz: @dinapomeranz: "Income share of top 1% grew back to where it was 100 years ago in US, UK, CA, IR, AUS, not in DE, JP, FR, SE, DK, NL https://t.co/5MtmkHFMwC
- Must-Read: James J. Feigenbaum and Christopher Muller: Lead exposure and violent crime in the early twentieth century: "In the second half of the nineteenth century, many American cities built water systems using lead or iron service pipes...
- Good Riddance to Fidel Castro!: Hoisted from 2008
- To All You Halfwits Hailing a Hitler, Stooges Searching for a Stalin, Morons Marching for a Mussolini, Clowns Craving a Castro...
- For the Clowns Craving a Castro Running Loose This Morning: "A Vast Bureaucratic Incompetence...Has Forced Fidel Castro..., to Involve Himself Personally in... How Bread Is Made..."
- Jaybird Has a Good Response to the Crazies Out This Morning: "Vladimir, Joseph, and Zedong"
- Fidel Castro Dead at 90
- Weekend Reading: Hamilton: "The Science of Politics... Has Received Great Improvement..."
You Might Look at:
- 2010 Murphy-Goode Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2000 Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
- Isaac Asimov: Second Foundation: "Bail Channis: 'Not all the force of the Second Foundation, could not have harmed you, surrounded as your were by your men, your machines, and your mental power.' The Mule: 'My mental power is yet with me, squirmer. And my men and machines are not far off'..." http://amzn.to/2gtwH9d
Perhaps Worth Reading...
