Procrastinating on November 9, 2016
Over at Equitable Growth: Must-Reads:
- Principles that Should Govern American Fiscal Policy - Equitable Growth
- Trump's Tax Noplan - Equitable Growth
- Nick Bunker: An update on the U.S. labor market from the September JOLTS report - Equitable Growth
- Two significant election-analysis analytical victories: The Upshot Live Presidential Forecast and Nate Silver: 2016 Election Night
- Nancy Cartwright and Angus Deaton: The Limitations of Randomised Controlled Trials: "A well-conducted RCT can yield a credible estimate of an ATE in one specific population, namely the ‘study population’...
- Emmanuel Saez: Taxing the Rich More: "Donald Trump proposes to cut taxes on the rich...
- Mark Thoma: My Voter’s Guide to Economic Policy: "Now we can finally come together as a nation and begin to make progress on important economic, social, and political issues (I can dream, can’t I?)...
Should Reads:
- Adele Stan (May): Yes, Donald Trump Could Win the Presidency
- Ron Dicker: Scottie Nell Hughes Called Molotov Cocktail a 'Mazel Tov Cocktail' on CNN: "Oy vey..."
- Claire Malone: The End Of A Republican Party: Racial and cultural resentment have replaced the party’s small government ethos...
- Edward Luttwak (1994): Fascism Is the Wave of the Future
And Over Here:
- Principles that Should Govern American Fiscal Policy
- Must-Read: A very nice framework document for the economic policy dialogue: Mark Thoma: My Voter’s Guide to Economic Policy
- Duncan Black: The Worst Election Coverage Ever: "I'd mellowed a bit on my media criticism in recent years... (Live from Donald Trump's America)
- Must-Read: Emmanuel Saez: Taxing the Rich More: "Donald Trump proposes to cut taxes on the rich...
- A Schwarzenegger, a Berlusconi, or a Mussolini?
- The Future Looks Much Less Bright than It Did Thirteen Hours Ago...
- Must-Read: Nancy Cartwright and Angus Deaton: The Limitations of Randomised Controlled Trials: "A well-conducted RCT can yield a credible estimate of an ATE in one specific population, namely the ‘study population’...
- Must-Read: Ian Millhiser: Why America Failed: "America failed because of the Electoral College...
- Claire Malone (July): There Is No Happy Ending to This Story: The End Of A Republican Party: "Many Republicans think Donald Trump’s nomination is... destroying any chance for growth... leaving the GOP to wither and die on Trump vineyard vines... (Live from Trumpland)
- Must Read: Two significant election-analysis analytical victories in a remarkable election night. Nate Silver and his 538, and The Upshot...
- Trump's Tax Noplan
- Endorse: Scholars' Letter of Support for Ricardo Hausmann
- Three excellent pieces on how the media has failed us--and failed us worse this election cycle than ever before: Brian Buetler, Todd Gitlin, Jurek Martin
- Michael DeLong: The Attack on Voting Rights
- Live from the Journamalists' Self-Made Hell: Live from Today/Hoisted from the Archives:
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Might Like to Read:
- Daniel Dale: America on the Edge
Perhaps Worth Reading...
