Noted for the Late Afternoon of October 12, 2015

Must- and Should-Reads:

• Chris Blattman: Why Angus Deaton Deserved the Nobel Prize in Economics
• Mark Thoma sends us to Simon Wren-Lewis: mainly macro: One reason why monetary policy is preferred by New Keynesians
• John Voorheis, Nolan McCarty, and Boris Shor: Unequal Incomes, Ideology and Gridlock: How Rising Inequality Increases Political Polarization
• Yi Wen: The Making of an Economic Superpower–Unlocking China’s Secret of Rapid Industrialization
• Paul Krugman: Angus Deaton and the Dodd-Frank Election
• Matt Phillips: Bernanke: I’m not really a Republican anymore
• Oregon Economic Forum to examine the post-recovery economy
• Matt Bruenig: The Egalitarian Program in Broad Strokes
• Vasco Curdia: Why So Slow? A Gradual Return for Interest Rates

Might Like to Be Aware of:

• Edward Luce: The Age of Banana Republicans
• John Scalzi: My Annual Moment of Appreciation for WordPress VIP
• Michael Rapoport: NYCC 2015: Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong Ponder the ‘Star Trek’ Economy