Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Interesting Reads:

• Timothy Layton, Ellen Montz, and Thomas McGuire: The Downstream Consequences Of Per Capita Spending Caps In Medicaid http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/06/26/the-downstream-consequences-of-per-capita-spending-caps-in-medicaid/
• James Kwak: A New Economic Vision, in 27 Words: "So here it is, in 27 words: All people need a few basic things: An education, a job, a place to live, health care, a decent retirement. Let’s make sure everyone has these things. If you want more, there is always the long version..." https://baselinescenario.com/2017/06/28/a-new-economic-vision-in-27-words/
• Barry Eichengreen: Ragnar Nurkse and the international financial architecture https://www.eestipank.ee/en/publication/working-papers/2017/12017-barry-eichengreen-ragnar-nurkse-and-international-financial-architecture
• John Roemer (1985): Should Marxists Be Interested in Exploitation? http://delong.typepad.com/roemer-marxists-exploitation-1985.pdf
• Gary Dymski and John Elliott (1988): Should Anyone Be Interested In Exploitation? http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00455091.1989.10716803?journalCode=rcjp20
• Bruce Campbell (2013): The Great Transition: Climate, Disease and Society in the 13th and 14th Centuries http://www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk/podcast-campbell.html
• Eric Chaney: Medieval Origins: A Review Essay on Campbell’s The Great Transition https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/chaney/files/jel_campbell.pdf
• Nico Voigtlander and Hans-Joachim Voth (2013): Gifts of Mars: Warfare and Europe’s Early Rise to Riches https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.4.165
• Nico Voigtlander and Hans-Joachim Voth (2013): How the West “Invented” Fertility Restriction https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwiuzIOcgd7UAhXBslQKHYkKDCAQFggsMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anderson.ucla.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fnico.v%2FResearch%2FEMP.pdf
• Nico Voigtlander and Hans-Joachim Voth (2013): The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War, and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/nico.v/Research/Horsemen.pdf

And Over Here:

• After Piketty: Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Three Years Later http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/after-piketty-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-three-years-later.html
• Could Bhaskar Sunkara Really Know as Little of the History of the Soviet Union as He Feigns? http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/could-bhaskar-sunkara-really-know-as-little-of-the-history-of-the-soviet-union-as-he-feigns.html
• The Eleventh Year in a Row of Federal Reserve Overoptimism About the Strength of the Economy: No Longer Fresh at Project Syndicate http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/highlighted-the-eleventh-year-in-a-row-of-federal-reserve-overoptimism-about-the-strength-of-the-economy.html
• Why Are so Many White American Men so Easily Grifted? http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/why-are-so-many-white-american-men-so-easily-grifted.html
• ACA Repeal "Strong Opposition" Letter http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/aca-repeal-strong-opposition-letter.html
• Hoisted from 2007: Me on Tim Burke on Edmund Burke and His... Political "Philosophy" http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/hoisted-from-2007-me-on-tim-burke-on-edmund-burkes-political-philosophy.html
• Should-Read: Rucker C. Johnson and C. Kirabo Jackson: REDUCING INEQUALITY THROUGH DYNAMIC COMPLEMENTARITY: EVIDENCE FROM HEAD START AND PUBLIC SCHOOL SPENDING: "We explore whether early childhood human-capital investments are complementary to those made later in life..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-rucker-c-johnson-and-c-kirabo-jackson-reducing-inequality-through-dynamic-complementarity-evidence-from.html
• Should-Read: Nick Bunker: EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND EDUCATION SPENDING IN THE UNITED STATES: "Released today as part of the Equitable Growth Working Paper series... Rucker C. Johnson of the University of California-Berkeley and C. Kirabo Jackson..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-nick-bunker-equity-efficiency-and-education-spending-in-the-united-states-released-today-as-part-of-the.html
• Should-Read: Erica Grieder: THE GOP'S 'BETTER CARE' ACT IS BETTER THAN YOU THINK: "While the Affordable Care Act has surely helped millions of Americans..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-is-this-for-real-i-think-erica-grieder-fails-the-turing-test-guys-and-gals-at-_the-week_-this-is-no-way-t.html
• Should-Read: Atul Gewande: HOW THE SENATE’S HEALTH-CARE BILL THREATENS THE NATION'S HEALTH: "The Senate bill would also ultimately make people who buy insurance on the A.C.A. exchanges—people without coverage from an employer or from Medicaid—pay far more money for far worse coverage..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-atul-gewande-how-the-senates-health-care-bill-threatens-the-nations-health-the-senate-bill-would-also.html
• Should-Read: Scott Lemieux: HACKTACULAR!: "The New York Times has given op-ed space to Avik Roy, so he can prove that you can’t spell 'reformicon' without 'con'..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-scott-lemieux-hacktacular-the-new-york-times-has-given-op-ed-space-to-avik-roy-so-he-can-prove-that-you.html
• Should-Read: Scott Lemieux: NO VOTE ON TRUMPCARE IN JUNE: "This really is important..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-scott-lemieux-no-vote-on-trumpcare-in-june-this-really-is-important.html
• Should-Read: Ben Zipperer and John Schmitt: THE “HIGH ROAD” SEATTLE LABOR MARKET AND THE EFFECTS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE: DATA LIMITATIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS BIAS NEW ANALYSIS OF SEATTLE’S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE: "Jardim et al. (2017), looks at the first two stages of a phased-in set of increases that will eventually take the minimum wage in the city to $15.00 per hour..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-ben-zipperer-and-john-schmitt-the-high-road-seattle-labor-market-and-the-effects-of-the-minimum-wage.html
• Should-Read: David Brooks: THE G.O.P. REJECTS CONSERVATISM: "There is a structural flaw in modern capitalism... [a] gigantic trend [that] widens inequality, exacerbates social segmentation, fuels distrust and led to Donald Trump..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-david-brooks-is-wrong-i-think-in-his-claim-that-the-current-crop-of-republican-politicians-have-no-vision.html
• Must-Read: Tierney Sneed: 5 POINTS ON THE BRUTAL CBO SCORE SENATE REPUBLICANS MUST OVERCOME: "The new score offers Senate GOPers nowhere to hide..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/must-read-tierney-sneed-5-points-on-the-brutal-cbo-score-senate-republicans-must-overcome-the-new-score-offers-senate.html
• Must-Read: Tara Golshan, Dylan Scott, and Jeff Stein: WE ASKED 8 SENATE REPUBLICANS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR HEALTH BILL IS TRYING TO DO: "Vox asked GOP senators to explain their hopes for it. Who will benefit from the legislation? What problems is this bill trying to solve?..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/we-asked-8-senate-republicans-to-explain-what-their-health-bill-is-trying-to-do-vox.html
• Should-Read: Diane Coyle: ECONOMICS IN TRANSITION: THE END OF THEORY: "There has been a huge shift away from the reductionism of an older generation... to which Bookstaber has paid little attention..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-diane-coyle-economics-in-transition-the-end-of-theory-there-has-been-a-huge-shift-away-from-the-reductio.html
• Should-Read: Lane Kenworthy and Ive Marx: IN-WORK POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES: "In-work poverty became a prominent policy issue in the United States..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-lane-kenworthy-and-ive-marx-in-work-poverty-in-the-united-states-in-work-poverty-became-a-prominent-polic.html
• Should-Read: Larry Summers: GLOBALIZATION WILL WORK IF WE STOP CATERING TO THE ELITE: "A wage subsidy works like this..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/06/should-read-larry-summers-globalization-will-work-if-we-stop-catering-to-the-elite-a-wage-subsidy-works-like-this.html

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