Things to Read on the Morning of August 11, 2015
Must- and Should-Reads:
- Must-Remember: Richard Thaler: “A Gentleman’s C- in a World Where Nobody Gets Less than a B…”
- Must-Read: The New Economics of Trade :
- “So do I get this right–Paul Romer is saying that if Robert Solow were a nice polite guy like Rudi Dornbush then everything would be fine now?” :
- Cap and Trade and Polarization :
- Real Business Cycle Theory and the High School Olympics (2014):
- Must-Read: On George Stigler :
- Our $40 Million Pledge to Fix the Leaky Tech Pipeline :
- Knitting History :
- Nobody Believes China’s Growth Figures–and the Truth Could Be Much Worse :
- Flat Wages Show US Doesn’t Have a Labor Market: Government Action Required to Correct Imbalance in Employer Power :
- Why America’s Inequality Problem Is About a Lot More Than Money :
- Greece nears €86bn accord with creditors :
Might Like to Be Aware of:
- Maciej Cegłowski
- The Space Shuttle: A Rocket To Nowhere (2005):
- The Republican Rape Advisory Chart
- A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning, Part I
- “Of all the problems of his own making that plague Kansas GOP Gov. Sam Brownback… economy disintegrating under tax cuts for the rich… school districts that can’t… keep the lights on… [or keep] teachers… the most interesting problem may be his asshole brother Jim…” **:
- Shishito Peppers | Trader Joe’s
- John Tang
- #Uncharted2015
- Silva Bakery
- Go Chaatzz
- “Real estate magnate Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican field grew in the several days after his performance at the first GOP presidential debate…” :
- what people really mean when they talk about political correctness… his browser… automatically change[s] all mentions of the term ‘political correctness’ to ‘treating people with respect’…” :
- Ricki and the Flash :