Things to Read on the Evening of November 12, 2013
Must Reads:
- *Ezra Klein’s slam of the Halperin-Heilemann political gossip book, *Game-Change Double-Down All-in and exaltation of Sides-Vavreck
- Gary Richards: Traffic jams paralyzing [San Francisco] Bay Area <–urban infrastructure is vitally important for growth, but fracking hard when your metro area has an enormous bay smack in its middle…
Should Reads:
- Erik Loomis: Did Occupy Change the Conversation About Economic Inequality? <–not really…
- Eric Holthaus and Ritchie King: How to fix global warming before it’s too late <–our diminishing options…
- Ed Kilgore: “Take MARTA To Cobb and Rob” <–Why Georgia Cobb County’s Republican Chair Joe Denby might oppose the move of the Atlanta Braves’s stadium…
- Austin Frakt: A promising start for ACOs. Will they stick the landing?: “It’s far too early to make anything like a complete judgement as to whether accountable care organizations (ACOs) will help address cost and quality issues in the U.S. health system. But it is about the right time to check the early returns. Based on them, I’d say ACOs are off to a promising start, but with no guarantee of long-term success…”
Should Be Aware of:
- Olivier Blanchard and Daniel Leigh: Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers <–A 1.5 fiscal multiplier at the interest-rate zero-lower-bound for open European national economies goes with a 2.5 multiplier for a largely-closed economy like the United Stats…
- Jonathan Sperber: Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life <–Best Karl Marx biography I have seen…
- John Sides and Lynn Vavreck: The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election <–It ought to be a game-changer for campaign coverage…
- Josh Marshall: WaPo Publisher [Katherine Weymouth] Calls Cohen Column ‘Brilliant’ <–Come, Jeff Bezos, Come as Fast as Possible to Fifteenth Street! Plus bonus: Amanda Hess: Lara Logan 60 Minutes scandal: Washington Post’s Paul Farhi reports on her sexy Halloween costume