Must- and Should-Reads July 13
- Jacob Levy: The Sovereign Myth: “The sense of control that is often attributed to voters in the olden days was really a sense of satisfaction with outcomes… https://niskanencenter.org/blog/sovereign-myth/
- Salvatore Morelli: Is growing inequality hurting our economies?: “The recent 2007–2008 collapse of the global financial system naturally acted as a catalyst for growing concerns around the increasing dispersion of economic resources within most advanced economies… https://equitablegrowth.org/research-analysis/is-growing-inequality-hurting-our-economies/
- Martin Sandbu: Globalisation goes on without those who want to get off: “The EU, Japan and Canada keep the economic openness show on the road… https://www.ft.com/content/97582468-5fc7-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1
- Koichi Hamada: The Rebirth of the TPP: “Jagdish Bhagwati said… ‘the TPP was a bit like allowing people to play golf in a club, but only if they also attended a particular church’… https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tpp-revival-japan-us-by-koichi-hamada-2017-06
- Stefan Klasen et al.: Inequality – worldwide trends and current debates: “Income inequality has been rising in many developing countries since the 1980s…” https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/142156/1/86139593X.pdf
- Doug Campbell: Douglas L. Campbell: In the Idiocy of Kevin Warsh: More Evidence for the ‘Self-Induced Paralysis’ Thesis: “I believe it is clear that the main reason the economy has been growing slowly since the financial crisis is overly tight monetary policy… http://douglaslcampbell.blogspot.ru/2017/07/in-idiocy-of-kevin-warsh-more-evidence.html
Interesting Reads:
- Doug Campbell: Douglas L. Campbell: Ben Bernanke, in Denial? “When Growth is Not Enough”: “‘When Growth is Not Enough’ is the title of a recent Ben Bernanke speech in Portugal. I found it via the NYT article on the “Robocalypse”, which contained this bizarre quote from Ben S. Bernanke ‘as recent political developments have brought home, growth is not always enough’…” https://douglaslcampbell.blogspot.ru/2017/07/ben-bernanke-in-denial-re-when-growth.html
- China and Economic Growth: Hoisted from the Archives (What I Am Thinking About Right Now Department) http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/china-and-economic-growth-hoisted-from-the-archives-what-i-am-thinking-about-right-now-department.html