Must- and Should-Reads: July 17, 2017
- John Maynard Keynes (1924): Obituary for Alfred Marshall: “The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order… https://todayinsci.com/K/Keynes_John/KeynesJohn-Quotations.htm
- John Maynard Keynes (1938): On Tinbergen. To Harrod http://economia.unipv.it/harrod/edition/editionstuff/rfh.34a.htm: “My dear Roy…
- Paul Krugman: Formerly True Theories (Wonkish and Self-Indulgent): “Are there other examples? The self-correcting economy… https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/krugman/2017/07/10/formerly-true-theories-wonkish-and-self-indulgent/
- Robert Solow: Improving the measurement and understanding of economic inequality in the United States: “There has long been interest in extending and improving the National Income and Product Accounts… https://equitablegrowth.org/research-analysis/improving-the-measurement-and-understanding-of-economic-inequality-in-the-united-states/
- Ann Marie Marciarille: Let’s Make a Deal and the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: A Car or A Goat?: “I am as mesmerized as anyone else by the repeated iterations of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017… http://www.marciarille.com/2017/07/lets-make-a-deal-and-the-better-care-reconciliation-act-of-2017-a-car-or-a-goat.html
- Helene Rey: The Global Financial System, the Real Rate of Interest and a Long History of Boom-Bust Cycles: “Financial cycles strongly determine real short-term interest rates… http://www.bis.org/events/agm2017/sp170625_lecture.pdf
- Ann Marie Marciarille: More Than One Way to Say “No”: “When I teach my students about the concept of guaranteed issue in health insurance I always make it clear that without some constraints on individual underwriting it can mean very little… http://www.marciarille.com/2017/07/more-than-one-way-to-say-no.html
- Adam Ozimek: There Is No U.S. Wage Growth Mystery: “Economists… puzzled over U.S. wage growth… wondering why it has been so slow despite a labor market that is allegedly back to or close to full employment… https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/296127/There-Is-No-US-Wage-Growth-Mystery/
Interesting Reads:
- Equitable Growth: Explaining the “What is equitable growth?” essay series https://equitablegrowth.org/research-analysis/explaining-the-what-is-equitable-growth-essay-series/
- 2013: ?-Rated Economists Thursday Weblogging: Did James Buchanan Live in the Twentieth Century at All? http://www.bradford-delong.com/2013/04/did-james-buchanan-live-in-the-twentieth-century.html
- Nancy MacLean: Book Excerpt: Democracy in Chains http://billmoyers.com/story/book-democracy-in-chains-far-right/
- Ryan Avent: Making Monetary Policy Great Again : Democracy Journal http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/45/making-monetary-policy-great-again/
- James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock: The Calculus of Consent http://delong.typepad.com/files/calculus-of-consent.pdf
- Charles Ornstein: @charlesornstein on Twitter: “So the actuaries are opposed. The hospitals are opposed. The doctors are opposed. Now the insurers are opposed. Who is in favor? https://t.co/zJkiV0kRwM” https://twitter.com/charlesornstein/status/886017717362454529
- Brandie Nonnecke et al.: Inclusive AI: Technology and Policy for a Diverse Urban Future http://citris-uc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Inclusive-AI_CITRIS_2017.pdf
- How to Think Like an Economist (If, That Is, You Wish to…) http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/how-to-think-like-an-economist-if-that-is-you-wish-to.html
- Needed: An Initial Introductory Pre-Semester Orienting Reading for Intermediate Macroeconomics… http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/needed-an-initial-introductory-pre-semester-orienting-reading-for-intermediate-macroeconomics.html: “I cannot think of anything better than Robert Skidelsky’s Keynes: A Very Short Introduction http://amzn.to/2usYwWl, possibly paired with Keynes’s own 1931 Unemployment as a World Problem http://www.bradford-delong.com/2016/05/todays-economic-history-john-maynard-keynes-1931-unemployment-as-a-world-problem.html But there must be something better. What might it be?…”
- Assignment Desk: What Are the Best Readings for a Week Spent Teaching James C. Scott-Stuff? http://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/assignment-desk-what-are-the-best-readings-for-a-week-spent-teaching-james-c-scott-stuff.html