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Must- and Should-Reads: January 24, 2017

Walt Mossberg: Lousy ads are ruining the online experience: “I left the Journal in 2013 and co-founded Recode…
Pro-Growth Liberal: Paul Ryan’s Two-Faced Comments on Auerbach’s Tax: “Page 15 of the tax portion of A Better Way…
Barry Ritholtz: Concentration of Robots by Country: “Interesting way to look at global labor force:

Interesting Reads:

Kevin Drum: What Does It Take to Finally Call a Lie a Lie? We Have an Answer: “The New York Times has called one of President Trump’s lies a lie. The word isn’t used in the text of the story, but it is used in the headline…”
Manu Saadia: Live from the Gamma Quadrant: On Trekonomics at Books Inc. in Berkeley
Minxin Pei: Xi Jinping’s Year of Living Dangerously
Chris Sims (2010): Understanding Non-Bayesians
Financial Times: Trump’s stimulus plans imply a stronger dollar: The president cannot blame the Fed if the exchange rate starts to hurt…
Brian Buetler: The Media Failed to Prepare Americans for the Trump Whiplash: The policy stakes of this election were never adequately conveyed by the political press.
Nick Bunker: What President Trump doesn’t understand about job creation (and destruction)
Mark Thoma: What the Davos crowd needs to understand
Gideon Rachman: Truth, Lies and the Trump Administration: “Having a liar [like Donald Trump] in the White House is a disaster…
NAFTA and Other Trade Deals Have Not Gutted American Manufacturing—Period: Live at Vox.com
Trade Deals and Jobs: The Elevator Pitch
Michael DeLong: Will Competition in Health Insurance Survive? The Odds Are Better After Yesterday
Live from Kroeber Hall: Third caffeinated coffee drink in three weeks! Whee!! WHEE!!1!

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon