Must- and Should-Reads: January 27, 2017
- Paul Krugman: Reagan, Trump, and Manufacturing: “It’s hard to focus on ordinary economic analysis amidst this political apocalypse…
- Mark Thoma: What if “alternative facts” spread to economic data?: “Donald Trump’s inability to accept news that disagrees with [his] view…
- Larry Summers: Time for Business Leaders to Wake Up: “I wonder what the business leaders who have been waxing enthusiastic about our new pro-business administration are thinking right now…
- Dani Rodrik: What Did NAFTA Really Do?: “The overall efficiency gains are quite small…
Interesting Reads:
- Dan Sichel: Can the U.S. Economy Sustain 3½ to 4 Percent Economic Growth?: “A hole-in-one at one of Trump’s premier golf courses seems like a better bet…
- Benjamin D. Sommers and Arnold M. Epstein: Red-State Medicaid Expansions — Achilles’ Heel of ACA Repeal?
- Dani Rodrik: What Did NAFTA Really Do?
- Barry Eichengreen: Powerful forces will lead to a strong dollar under Trump: The US president fails to see that his policy plans will drive the exchange rate up
- Christopher Robichaud: Facts Aren’t Enough to Save Liberal Democracy
- Live from Cyberspace: Apple really cannot do the cloud over anything other than a rock solid high-bandwidth connection—and not even all the time then—can it?
- DRAFT for IAMA Reddit: Friday: 4 PM PST
- The Age of Incompetence: No Longer Live from Project Syndicate
- Brad DeLong Reddit IAmA Tomorrow, Friday January 27, 4 PM PST