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Must- and Should-Reads: January 6, 2017

Josh Marshall: Chauncey Trump: “The AMA, which has been rather comically pro-Trump to date, came out today and told Republicans that they shouldn’t repeal Obamacare without a clear replacement…
Etienne Gagnon, Benjamin K. Johannsen, and David Lopez-Salido: Understanding the New Normal: The Role of Demographics: “Calibrating an overlapping-generation model with a rich demographic structure to observed and projected changes…

Interesting Reads:

Harold Pollack: The American Medical Association to Congress on ACA: First, do no harm. And let’s see the detailed “replace” plan before any “repeal.”
Comment of the Day: Robert Waldmann: Musings on Worker Stickiness, Full Employment, and Productivity Growth: “Causation? Low technological progress would reduce the number of really good better than the old job openings…
Memories of Past Policy Disasters, and the Likelihood of ACA Repeal

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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