Weekend reading
This is a weekly post we publish on Fridays with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should be reading. 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.
Links
Emily Badger examines misconceptions about economic inequality and why what individuals don’t know may change how governments respond. [Washington Post]
John Cassidy looks at how minimum wage increases may, once and for all, settle long-simmering debates within the economics profession and alter U.S. politics as we know it. [New Yorker]
Danny Vinik on how the financial crisis, stagnant wages, and rising inequality narrowed the differences between center-left and progressive economists. [TNR]
Noam Scheiber argues that technology and big data have changed how employers measure the productivity of white-collar workers and why every worker stands to lose. [Pacific Standard]
Noah Smith on why we shouldn’t accept potential economic doom as an inevitable force. [Bloomberg View]
Friday figure
The second figure from “Shifting through the implications of Beveridge Curve” by Nick Bunker.
