Weekend reading

This is a weekly post we publish on Fridays with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should read. We won’t be the first to share these articles, but we hope by taking a look back at the whole week we can put them in context.

Dietz Vollrath asks if the U.S. economy is really below its potential. [growth economics]

Catherine Rampell argues that universal early-childhood education programs can “unlock the earning potential of families, two generations at a time.” [wash post]

Matt O’Brien says that inflation, more or less, is dead. [wonkblog]

Ryan Avent, drawing on research by Institute for Advanced Study economist Dani Rodrik, points out that developing economies can no longer count on manufacturing as a way to kickstart economic development. [the economist]

Izabella Kaminska on how Apple’s borrowing in Switzerland may be the herald of a very unequal economy. [ft alphavile]