Procrastinating on November 20, 2016
Over at Equitable Growth: Must- and Should-Reads:
- Duncan Black: Everybody Wants You: "I do think the upper class twits that rule Britain really do believe that the continent needs them (or thinks they do, effectively the same thing). They don't... (M)
- Dave Wasserman: @ReDistrict: "Republicans appear to have won 55% of House seats w/ ~49% of the vote - a continuation of last few cycles." https://t.co/TtjnXcWhcX (F)
- Simon Wren-Lewis: The Folly of Triggering Article 50: "Immediately after the Brexit vote, all the analysis I saw argued that Article 50 would not be triggered for some time... (M)
- Andreas Fagereng et al.: Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth: "Twenty years of population data from Norway’s administrative tax records [show]... (M)
- Paul Krugman: Infrastructure Build or Privatization Scam?: "Trumpists are touting the idea of a big infrastructure build.... But remember who you’re dealing with... (Tu)
- Austin Frakt: Senator Lamar Alexander and Endless Can-Kicking Repeal: Senator Lamar Alexander understand how hard crafting health policy is... (Tu)
Interesting Reads:
- Either central banks must be given the tools to stabilize the economy, or responsibility for stabilization policy needs to be shifted back so that fiscal authorities share it--in which case fiscal authorities need to step up their technocratic game: Stefan Gerlach: Sky-High Monetary Policy
- Michael Santoli: @michaelsantoli: "Non-financial stocks are up less than 1% since election [& financials up 10.6%]. But be sure to tell us again how 'everything's changed.'" https://twitter.com/hsilverb/status/799366135439388672
- Richard Baldwin: The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization http://amzn.to/2g4GIpQ
- Kevin Drum: [Inflationary Pressure Is Yet Again Right Around the Corner ][]: "Inflation! It's always sneaking up on us..."
- Susan Dynarski: @dynarski: Stock price of U Phoenix at 52-wk high. Investors expect profits to rise at for-profits.
And Over Here:
- Should-Read Paul Krugman: Infrastructure Build or Privatization Scam?: "Trumpists are touting the idea of a big infrastructure build.... But remember who you’re dealing with...
- A Short Vade Mecum for the Courtier-Technocrat in the Age of Trump
- Should-Read: Austin Frakt: Senator Lamar Alexander and Endless Can-Kicking Repeal: Senator Lamar Alexander understand how hard crafting health policy is...
- Must-Read: Andreas Fagereng et al.: Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth: "Twenty years of population data from Norway’s administrative tax records [show]...
- <strike>No</strike> Few Enemies on the Left: If there was ever time for a Popular Front, it is now. So I unmuted all of the muted and unblocked some of the blocked BernieBros for an hour... No. Just no. Guys, stop it. And go away.
- Fiscal Policy in the New Normal: IMF Panel
- Should-Read: Simon Wren-Lewis: The Folly of Triggering Article 50: "Immediately after the Brexit vote, all the analysis I saw argued that Article 50 would not be triggered for some time...
- Weekend Reading: Diane Coyle: On Richard Baldwin's "The Great Convergence"
- Weekend Reading: Alexander Hamilton: Protecting the Choice of President from Sinister Foreign Interference
- Any Hopes for Inclusive Growth in the Age of Trump?
- Note to Self: For the second day in a row, Sherman Robinson says that I must read Richard Baldwin's new book immediately...
- Comment of the Day: Robert Waldmann: Some Questions About Low Investment, to Some of Which I Have Half-Adequate Answers...: "Ah, yes! Basically just the very primitive accelerator without even a real interest term...
- Must-Read: Dave Wasserman: @ReDistrict: "Republicans appear to have won 55% of House seats w/ ~49% of the vote - a continuation of last few cycles." https://t.co/TtjnXcWhcX
- Should Read: Duncan Black: Everybody Wants You: "I do think the upper class twits that rule Britain really do believe that the continent needs them (or thinks they do, effectively the same thing). They don't...
- Some Questions About Low Investment, to Some of Which I Have Half-Adequate Answers...
You Might Look at:
- Robert M. Citino: The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich: http://amzn.to/2fayXxm
- Neville Morley: Political Economy and Classical Antiquity
- Heidi N. Moore: @moorehn: I am coming to believe that Trump cannot read.
- Matthew Yglesias: Not every congressional Democrat shares leadership’s desire to work with Trump: Rep. Ruben Gallego says “Donald Trump is not an ordinary politician.”
- Mohamed A. El-Erian: @elerianm: ICYMI, it didn't take long for the Bank of #Japan to react to higher yields - unlimited #bonds buying at fixed rates
- Matthew Yglesias: @mattyglesias: Is he saying his real liability for defrauding people was much more than $25 million?https://t.co/9iZ1Z4pyWY
- Matthew Yglesias: Congressional Democrats have nothing to fear from standing up to Trump, in one chart: He’s the least popular president-elect on record
- Matthew Yglesias: @mattyglesias: As long as I can remember white male left-of-center intellectuals have made complaints about "identity politics" part of their identity.
Perhaps Worth Reading...
