Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Interesting Reads:

• Marco Fioramanti and Robert Waldman: Econometrics and its consequences for human beings: "The Stability and Growth Pact: The European Commission is currently evaluating compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact...
• Zack Labe: @ZLabe: "#Arctic mean temperature continues to move the wrong direction... up. Quite an anomalous spike!"
• David Glasner: Golden Misconceptions
• 2009: Economic Realities and the Marx Mystique
• 2014: Marx and the Mechanical Turk
• 2014: Marx Was Blind to the System's Ingenuity and Ability to Reinvent
• Which Thinkers Will Define Our Future?
• Suresh Naidu (2014): What Marx Really Meant
• Richard J. Evans (2016): [ Reviewing ‘Karl Marx’ by Jonathan Sperber][]

And Over Here:

• Should-Read: Cosma Shalizi (2015): ibn Khaldûn, 'Abd-ar-Rahmân Abû Zayd ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad, 1332-1406: "Having tried my hand at explaining the core of ibn Khaldûn's theory of history already, I will basically repeat myself for the next three paragraphs...
• Should-Read: Bill Janeway: The Retreat from Hyper-Globalization – What’s The Future?: "It was the increased flow of immigrants to locales with relatively low immigrant populations that drove the Brexit vote in the UK...
• The Age of Incompetence: Live from Project Syndicate
• Should-Read: Paul Krugman: Tariffs and the Trade Balance: "The standard story... the capital account is determined by international differences in savings and investment opportunities, with capital inflows to countries that offer good returns...
• Should-Read: Paul Krugman: The China Shock and the Trump Shock: "The Trump trade war... is looking increasingly likely...
• Should-Read: Pseudoerasmus: The Napoleonic blockade & the infant industry argument: "Reka Juhasz’s paper on the Napoleonic blockade... really deserves the accolades it has received...
• "Fictitious" Wealth and Ludwig von Mises: Hoisted from the Archives from 2011
• Should-Read: Zack Labe: @ZLabe: "#Arctic mean temperature continues to move the wrong direction... up. Quite an anomalous spike!"
• Comment of the Day: Charles Steindel: Undergrad Textbook Macro vs. Really Existing Academic Macro: "I think you are basically right, but the QE story is more complex...
• Should-Read: Marco Fioramanti and Robert Waldmann: Econometrics and its consequences for human beings: "The Stability and Growth Pact: The European Commission is currently evaluating compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact...

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