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The Simple Analytics of Progressive Income Redistribution">
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The Simple Analytics of Progressive Income Redistribution">Must-Read: Robert Waldmann (2007): The Simple Analytics of Progressive Income Redistribution

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Time for the Fed to look beyond 2 percent target inflation?

Tax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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The persistence of earnings differences among white and black men

Inequality & Mobility
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Who loses disability insurance when it’s harder to apply?

Families
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I Am Heartened by the Improvement in the Prime-Age Employment Rate. Now Let Us Let It Continue Rather than Stopping It…

Because I said so: Why the Fed is likely to raise rates, despite low inflation">
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Because I said so: Why the Fed is likely to raise rates, despite low inflation">Should-Read: B.G.: Because I said so: Why the Fed is likely to raise rates, despite low inflation

US capex, investment, and growth—re-re-upped">
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US capex, investment, and growth—re-re-upped">Should-Read: Cardiff Garcia: US capex, investment, and growth—re-re-upped

Is 2 percent too low?: Rethinking the Fed’s arbitrary inflation target to avoid another Great Recession">
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Is 2 percent too low?: Rethinking the Fed’s arbitrary inflation target to avoid another Great Recession">Must-Read: Josh Bivens: Is 2 percent too low?: Rethinking the Fed’s arbitrary inflation target to avoid another Great Recession

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Must- and Should-Reads: June 10, 2017