Must- and Should-Reads: July 14, 2017
- Austin Frakt: Don’t Assume That Private Insurance Is Better Than Medicaid: “The RAND study… shows… people are terrible discriminators of what care is needed and what’s not… http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/dont-assume-that-private-insurance-is-better-than-medicaid/
- Martin Wolf: Britain is incapable of managing Brexit and calamity will follow: “The UK once had a deserved reputation for pragmatic and stable politics… https://www.ft.com/content/bf0025aa-6720-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614
- Jeff Mackie-Mason: Scholarly Publishing Landscape: “We are optimistic about our ability to collaborate and partner to achieve a sustainable open publishing universe… http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/scholarly-communication/publishing/landscape
- IGM Forum: Inflation Target http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/inflation-target
Interesting Reads:
- Andrew Sabl: Liberalism Beyond Markets https://niskanencenter.org/blog/liberalism-beyond-markets/
- Jamie Dimon: JPM’s Jamie Dimon blows up at Washington on earnings call: “It’s almost embarrassing being an American citizen… and listening to the stupid s— we have to deal with in this country…” http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/14/jpms-jamie-dimon-blows-up-at-washington-on-earnings-call.html
- 2017: Helicopter Money: When Zero Just Isn’t Low Enough – Milken Institute Review: “…” http://www.milkenreview.org/articles/helicopter-money-when-zero-just-isnt-low-enough
- 2015: The Scary Debate Over Secular Stagnation http://www.milkenreview.org/articles/the-scary-debate-over-secular-stagnation
- Martin Sandbu: The contradictions of Britain’s Great Retain Bill: “The UK may just find itself in the position that it has taken back just enough control to continue to abide by the rules it will no longer have a say in setting. The control Brexit takes back may well turn out to be like the freedom of the dog in stoic philosophy: tied to a horsecart, it is free to run after the cart when the horse starts pulling…” https://www.ft.com/content/ff00c788-6877-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614
- Michael Spence et al.: GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2017: MEASURING AND ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF GVCs ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tcgp-17-01-china-gvcs-complete-for-web-0707.pdf