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Test Case – Charlie’s Diary">
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Test Case – Charlie’s Diary">Should-Read: Charlie Stross: Test Case – Charlie’s Diary

Health Insurance Coverage and Health—What the Recent Evidence Tells Us">
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Health Insurance Coverage and Health—What the Recent Evidence Tells Us">Should-Read: Benjamin D. Sommers, Atul A. Gawande, and Katherine Baicker: Health Insurance Coverage and Health—What the Recent Evidence Tells Us

Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth">
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Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth">Should-Read: Lant Pritchett: Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth

Beliefs about Brexit">
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Beliefs about Brexit">Should-Read: Simon Wren-Lewis: Beliefs about Brexit

“A strong, fully employed economy
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“A strong, fully employed economyShould-Read: Lawrence Summers: “A strong, fully employed economy

We… would be delighted by… lift[ing] all single mothers out of poverty…. Making a substantial fraction of people not poor would reduce poverty. Duh">
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We… would be delighted by… lift[ing] all single mothers out of poverty…. Making a substantial fraction of people not poor would reduce poverty. Duh">Should-Read: David Brady: We… would be delighted by… lift[ing] all single mothers out of poverty…. Making a substantial fraction of people not poor would reduce poverty. Duh

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New research on the relationship between race, place, and opportunity in the United States

Inequality & Mobility
Trump and Trade and Zombies">
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Trump and Trade and Zombies">Should-Read: Paul Krugman: Trump and Trade and Zombies

The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade">
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The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade">Should-Read: J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, Tim L. Squires, and David N. Weil: The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade