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Must-Read: Paul Krugman: The Gambler’s Ruin of Small Cities

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Jeffrey Friedman: Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Good and Evil: “So now we finally know. Libertarians aren’t the ditzy bumblers exemplified by 2016 presidential candidate Gary (“What is a leppo?”) Johnson…

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Michael Jordan: On Computational Thinking, Inferential Thinking and Data Science

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Dan Morain: California congressional Republicans seek gas tax repeal

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Must- and Should-Reads: December 28, 2017

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Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain">Should-Read: Kai Stinchcombe: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

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Heather Boushey: SiriusXM Radio interview about economic inequality and the new tax law

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A Tech-Driven Boom Is Coming; Please Be Patient">Greg Ip: A Tech-Driven Boom Is Coming; Please Be Patient

A Road Map for Reviving the Midwest">
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A Road Map for Reviving the Midwest">Noah Smith: A Road Map for Reviving the Midwest