Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Interesting Reads:

• Noah Smith: Why Go After Milton Friedman?: "Why not leave Friedman alone and just talk about his ideas?...
• Carl Bildt: Restoring Faith in Globalization
• Tyler Cowen: Industrial Revolution Comparisons Aren't Comforting
• Herbert Simon (1978): Rationality as Process and as Product of Thought
• Sidney Blumenthal (2017): Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856 (New York: Simon & Schuster: 1501153781) <http://amzn.to/2lhJUlq>
• ** Emotional Labor
• David Sirota: Republicans Boost Wall Street Donors, Help Finance Industry Stop States From Offering Retirement Assistance To Workers
• Sidney Blumenthal: [A Short History of the Trump Family][]

And Over Here:

• Should-Read: Ruy Teixeira: The Optimistic Leftist: "A new utopian vision for the left’s emerging coalition will... include...
• Should-Read: Kevin Drum: Charts of the Day: If Only Every State Could Be As "Out of Control" As California: "I feel like someone ought to defend the honor of California against our president, so why not me? Here you go...
• Should-Read: James Kwak: Health Care and John D. Rockefeller’s Dog: "Few people actually want to live in a world where health care is distributed by a free market...
• Should-Read: Robert Waldmann: Buchanan, Smith, and Krugman: "There is no reason why macroeconomists can't work on empirical microeconomics while also using old Keynesian models for forecasting and policy advice...
• Should-Read: Caitlin Macneal: Perry Didn't Fully Understand Role Of Energy Secretary At First: "Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry did not realize exactly what the position of energy secretary entails...
• For the Weekend...: Hindenburg Explosion
• Live from the Mass Media: Bloomberg: DeLong Says Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Raise Demand for U.S. Dollars: "Berkeley professor Brad DeLong says Donald Trump’s big tax cuts will raise demand for U.S. dollars worldwide...
• Reading: E. M. Halliday (2001): Understanding Thomas Jefferson
• Must-Read: Nick Timiraos: Trump Team’s Growth Forecasts Far Rosier Than Those of CBO, Private Economists: "While there are often disparities between the White House and independent agencies on growth projections, they are rarely this large...
• Must-Read: Colin Camerer: On "Rational Expectations" and John Muth: "Rational expectations pioneer John Muth in 1984...
• Should-Read: Wing Thye Woo: China’s Growth Odyssey: "Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin is sanguine...
• Should-Read: Robert Waldmann: Marking My Beliefs To Market: UK Violent Crime: "The lead causes crime hypothesis...
• (Early) Monday Smackdown: Yes, John Podhoretz Is a Jerk--and an Idiot...
• Live from the Orange-Haired Baboon Cage: Josh Marshall: About 'The Press Conference': "This is that rare time when I think the cliched phrase is appropriate: That press conference speaks for itself...
• Should-Read: Charles Wyplosz: When the IMF Evaluates the IMF: "Two critical mistakes are not mentioned...

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