Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Interesting Reads:

• Jeff Mackie-Mason and Company:
  • Scholarly Communication Services | UC Berkeley Library http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/scholarly-communication
  • Library launches new Scholarly Communications website – UC Berkeley Library News http://news.lib.berkeley.edu/2017/07/13/library-launches-new-scholarly-communications-website/
  • Zoom https://zoom.us/
  • Participate in an Affordable Course Content Pilot Program! – UC Berkeley Library News http://news.lib.berkeley.edu/2017/05/19/participate-in-an-affordable-course-content-pilot-programs/
  • Scholarly Publishing Landscape | UC Berkeley Library http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/scholarly-communication/publishing/landscape
• Andrew Sabl: Liberalism Beyond Markets https://niskanencenter.org/blog/liberalism-beyond-markets/
• Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing - Zoom https://zoom.us/
• Jamie Dimon: JPM's Jamie Dimon blows up at Washington on earnings call: "It's almost embarrassing being an American citizen... and listening to the stupid s--- we have to deal with in this country..." http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/14/jpms-jamie-dimon-blows-up-at-washington-on-earnings-call.html
• 2017: Helicopter Money: When Zero Just Isn't Low Enough - Milken Institute Review: "..." http://www.milkenreview.org/articles/helicopter-money-when-zero-just-isnt-low-enough
• 2015: The Scary Debate Over Secular Stagnation http://www.milkenreview.org/articles/the-scary-debate-over-secular-stagnation
• 2015: Readings: The Road to Xanadu/The Invisible College http://www.bradford-delong.com/stream-the-road-to-xanaduthe-invisible-college.html
  • The Road to Xanadu
  • A Very Brief Sokratic Dialogue on Website Redesign http://www.bradford-delong.com/2015/08/a-very-brief-sokratic-dialogue-on-website-redesign.html
  • A Now-Extended Non-Sokratic Dialogue on Website Design: The Honest Broker for the Week of August 3, 2015 (DeLong: Long Form) http://delong.typepad.com/delong_long_form/2015/08/a-now-extended-non-sokratic-dialogue-on-webite-design-the-honest-broker-for-the-week-of-august-3-2015.html
  • Ezra Klein (2015): A Very Brief Sokratic Dialogue on Website Redesign: "I have sat down a couple of times to write up what's worked and what's failed at Vox... http://www.bradford-delong.com/2015/08/a-very-brief-sokratic-dialogue-on-website-redesign.html
• Martin Sandbu: The contradictions of Britain’s Great Retain Bill: "The UK may just find itself in the position that it has taken back just enough control to continue to abide by the rules it will no longer have a say in setting. The control Brexit takes back may well turn out to be like the freedom of the dog in stoic philosophy: tied to a horsecart, it is free to run after the cart when the horse starts pulling..." https://www.ft.com/content/ff00c788-6877-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614
• Ian Millhiser: Court delivers new, major blow to Trump’s Muslim ban: "Say goodbye to the ban on grandmothers, at least for now..." https://thinkprogress.org/breaking-court-delivers-new-major-blow-to-trumps-muslim-ban-aa8b9af41e6b
• Michael Spence et al.: GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2017: MEASURING AND ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF GVCs ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tcgp-17-01-china-gvcs-complete-for-web-0707.pdf

And Over Here:

• What You Need to Read Today: Reading Reihan Salam's "Why I signed up for Obamacare": Hoisted from My Archives http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/what-you-need-to-read-today-reading-reihan-salams-why-i-signed-up-for-obamacare-hoisted-from-my-archives.html

• Should-Read: Well? It's been two more years! Ezra Klein (2015): "I have sat down a couple of times to write up what's worked and what's failed at Vox..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/should-read-well-its-been-two-more-years-ezra-klein-2015-i-have-sat-down-a-couple-of-times-to-write-up-what.html

• Should-Read: Martin Wolf: BRITAIN IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING BREXIT AND CALAMITY WILL FOLLOW: "The UK once had a deserved reputation for pragmatic and stable politics..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/should-read-martin-wolf-britain-is-incapable-of-managing-brexit-and-calamity-will-follow-the-uk-once-had-a-deserved-r.html
• Should-Read: Jeff Mackie-Mason: SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING LANDSCAPE: "We are optimistic about our ability to collaborate and partner to achieve a sustainable open publishing universe..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/should-read-jeff-mackie-mason-scholarly-publishing-landscape-we-are-optimistic-about-our-ability-to-collaborate-and-p.html
• Should-Read: Austin Frakt: DON’T ASSUME THAT PRIVATE INSURANCE IS BETTER THAN MEDICAID: ": : "The RAND study... shows... people are terrible discriminators of what care is needed and what’s not..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/should-read-austin-frakt-dont-assume-that-private-insurance-is-better-than-medicaid-the-rand-study-shows-peo.html
• Should-Read: IGM Forum seems to me to be asking some of the wrong questions: IGM Forum: INFLATION TARGET: "http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/inflation-target..." http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/should-read-igm-forum-is-asking-the-wrong-questions-igm-forum-inflation-target-first-they-are-not-question.html

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