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Must-Reads: May 31, 2016

Michael Woodford: Quantitative Easing and Financial Stability
Matt Levine: People Are Worried About Unicorns
Alan Shipman: Iceland’s Economy Miracle

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J. Bradford DeLong (January 17, 2014): “Beer Goggles”, Forward Guidance, Quantitative Easing, and the Risks from Expansionary Monetary Policy: Friday Focus
J. Bradford DeLong (March 22, 2014): Is There Any Sense in Which Quantitative Easing Might Increase Financial Instability?
J. Bradford DeLong (October 24, 2014): Unclear and Inadequate Thoughts on Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Once Again
Hoisted from the Archives from Two Years Ago: The Poverty of Right-Wing Piketty Criticism
Live from Oakland Airport: Proposed unicorn of the day: PRE–but for Starbucks…
Comment of the Day: Britonimist: Neoliberalism, Mirowski and Wren-Lewis
Live from the Hart Office Building: Mark Schmitt: Sen. Booker on Sen. Bradley: http://bit.ly/1ONoVOp This post reflects a major part of my life from 1990-96, and the values we took from it…

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon