Morning Must-Read: Nick Bunker: Thanksgiving Weekend Reading

Nick Bunker:
Thanksgiving weekend reading – Washington Center for Equitable Growth: “Secular stagnation: Greg Ip argues that the growing tide…

…of elderly in wealthy countries explains a lot of secular stagnation [the economist]. The Economist also created a series of accompanying graphics [the economist]. Shane Ferro looks at the troubling demographic situation in Japan [business insider]. Hidden wealth of nations: Matthew Klein looks at London School of Economics professor Gabriel Zucman’s research on the offshoring of wealth and profits [ft alphaville part 1, part 2]. The roots of upward mobility: Richard Reeves looks at research that finds a link between inequality of non-cognitive skills and intergenerational mobility [brookings]. Derek Thompson poses a dilemma for Millennials: move to a city with affordable housing or a city with a good track record of upward mobility [the atlantic]. More work and less play than expected: Dylan Matthews tries to figure out why we don’t have 3-hours workdays as Keynes predicted [vox]. Timothy Taylor considers two approaches to encouraging work: tax incentives and social support [conversable economist]…

Free exchange: No country for young people | The Economist | “Secular stagnation” in graphics: Doom and gloom | The Economist | How a Limo Ride With Paul Krugman Changed the Course of Abenomics – Bloomberg | The costs of offshore tax avoidance, part 1 | FT Alphaville | The costs of offshore tax avoidance, part 2 | FT Alphaville | The “Great Gatsby Curve” for Character Skills and Mobility | Brookings Institution | Why It’s So Hard for Millennials to Find a Place to Live and Work – The Atlantic | Why 3-hour workdays haven’t happened yet – Vox | CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Encouraging Work: Tax Incentives or Social Support?