Must- and Should-Reads: July 31, 2017
- Liz Hipple: Understanding the importance of antitrust policy for U.S. economic competitiveness and consumer choice: “John E. Kwoka… documents the rise in industry concentration and examines the evidence for one possible explanation… https://equitablegrowth.org/equitablog/value-added/understanding-the-importance-of-antitrust-policy-for-u-s-economic-competitiveness-and-consumer-choice/
- Nisha Chikhale: A glance at pay inequities for African American women’s Equal Pay Day: “We’ve updated Equitable Growth’s interactive tool with new data… https://equitablegrowth.org/equitablog/a-glance-at-pay-inequities-for-african-american-womens-equal-pay-day/
- Timothy Noah: @TimothyNoah1 on Twitter: “@rortybomb @jonathanchait: It simply isn’t true… https://twitter.com/TimothyNoah1/status/887406956994064384
- Matt Bruenig: The Success Sequence Is About Cultural Beefs Not Poverty: “The Success Sequence is back!… http://mattbruenig.com/2017/07/31/the-success-sequence-is-about-cultural-beefs-not-poverty/
- Paul Krugman: Who Ate Republicans’ Brains?: “Senator Lindsey Graham was entirely correct when he described the final effort at repeal as ‘terrible policy and horrible politics’, a ‘disaster’ and a ‘fraud’. He voted for it anyway… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/republicans-trumpcare-obamacare-lies.html
- Robert C. Feenstra and David E. Weinstein: Globalization, Markups, and US Welfare: “We work with symmetric translog preferences… http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/692695
- Chris Dillow: Cronyism, & the demand for redistribution: “Is actually-existing capitalism a fair or a rigged game?… http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2017/07/cronyism-the-demand-for-redistribution.html
- Cameron Joseph and Tierney Sneed: After Obamacare Repeal Collapse, GOP Weighs Whether To Help State Markets: “Most Republicans have been happy to watch some state-level individual health insurance exchanges sputter… http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/after-obamacare-repeal-collapse-gop-weighs-whether-to-help-state-health-exchange-markets
Interesting Reads:
- Branko Milanovic: olonialism applied to Europe: review of Mazower’s “Hitler’s Empire” http://glineq.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/colonialism-applied-to-europe-review-of.html?m=1
- Mark Thoma: Will Trump Try to ‘Overrule’ Monetary Policy? http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/07/31/Will-Trump-Try-Overrule-Monetary-Policy
- Philip N. Cohen: Family Inequalit https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/
- Nancy Birdsall: Thomas Piketty’s Capital and the Developing World https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2014/thomas-pikettys-capital-and-the-developing-world/
- Skulls in the Stars: The gallery of failed atomic models, 1903-1913: https://skullsinthestars.com/2008/05/27/the-gallery-of-failed-atomic-models-1903-1913/
- Matthew Yglesias: Democrats’ push for a new era of antitrust enforcement, explained: “An idea whose time has come…” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16021844/antitrust-better-deal
- Andy Slavitt: Trump, Congress need to seize the bipartisan moment on health care: “The desire to have a regular source of care and not worry about going bankrupt from a medical bill is not a partisan sentiment. It’s a human one…” https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/31/trump-congress-seize-bipartisan-moment-on-health-care-andy-slavitt-column/523718001/