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mainly macro: The Output Gap is no longer a sufficient statistic for inflationary pressure
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mainly macro: The Output Gap is no longer a sufficient statistic for inflationary pressureShould-Read: Simon Wren-Lewis: mainly macro: The Output Gap is no longer a sufficient statistic for inflationary pressure

The macroeconomic effects of the 2017 tax reform">
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The macroeconomic effects of the 2017 tax reform">Robert Barro and Jason Furman: The macroeconomic effects of the 2017 tax reform

The hysteresis-resilience trade-off in unemployment">
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The hysteresis-resilience trade-off in unemployment">Should-Read: Tolga Aksoy and Paolo Manasse: The hysteresis-resilience trade-off in unemployment

The “Iron Cage” and the “Shell as Hard as Steel”: Parsons, Weber, and the Stahlhartes Gehäuse Metaphor in the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism">
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The “Iron Cage” and the “Shell as Hard as Steel”: Parsons, Weber, and the Stahlhartes Gehäuse Metaphor in the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism">Peter Baehr (2001): The “Iron Cage” and the “Shell as Hard as Steel”: Parsons, Weber, and the Stahlhartes Gehäuse Metaphor in the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

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Globalization: What Did Paul Krugman Miss?

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Weekend reading: “race and place” edition

Trump is about to launch a trade war with no way out">
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Trump is about to launch a trade war with no way out">Should-Read: Shawn Donnan: Trump is about to launch a trade war with no way out

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A Question I Asked a Much Shorter Version of…

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A Question About the Future of Work…