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Economics failed us before the global crisis">Should-Read: Martin Wolf: Economics failed us before the global crisis
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
			
				
			
			Economics failed us before the global crisis&via=equitablegrowth"
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Why Money Managers Are Paid So Much Is a Mystery">Should-Read: Noah Smith: Why Money Managers Are Paid So Much Is a Mystery
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
			
				
			
			Why Money Managers Are Paid So Much Is a Mystery&via=equitablegrowth"
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Test Case – Charlie’s Diary">Should-Read: Charlie Stross: Test Case – Charlie’s Diary
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
			
				
			
			Test Case – Charlie’s Diary&via=equitablegrowth"
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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
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
			
				
			
			Health Insurance Coverage and Health—What the Recent Evidence Tells Us&via=equitablegrowth"
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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
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
			
				
			
			Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth&via=equitablegrowth"
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Beliefs about Brexit">Should-Read: Simon Wren-Lewis: Beliefs about Brexit
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
			
				
			
			Beliefs about Brexit&via=equitablegrowth"
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“A strong, fully employed economyShould-Read: Lawrence Summers: “A strong, fully employed economy
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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
			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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							Brad DeLong,
						
										March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
			
				
			
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