Things to Read on the Afternoon of April 27, 2015
Must- and Should-Reads:
- Must-Must-Read: : The Good Inequality
- Must-Read: : What Is the Right Size and Purpose of the U.S. Financial System?
- Must-Read: : The Machines Are Coming
- Must-Read: : The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Great for Elites. Is It Good for Anyone Else?
- The Politics of Financial Insecurity: A Democratic Tilt, Undercut by Low Participation
- : “It only took 15 years, but the Nasdaq has finally set a new record high…. So, what can we learn from this grueling 15 year round trip? 1) Diversification Works…. 2) Price Compression Creates Tail Risk…. 3) Stop Chasing the Next Hot Thing in the Pursuit of Maximizing Returns…”
- : “Kansas is in the midst of a grim experiment putting crackpot supply-side economic theories into practice… [with] devastating results for poor people… [and a] government more intrusive into the private lives of the state’s citizens…. Since the election of Brownback, Kansas has gone full Tea Party. Kansas Republicans have enacted massive upper-class tax cuts, with the idea that they would produce such an explosion of economic growth that the state would actually gain revenues…. Kansas Republicans certainly have no intention of taking responsibility for this disaster, which means a search for scapegoats. The targets should not be surprising: poor people, women, and gay people…”
- : We Really, Seriously, Don’t Want Currency Manipulation Provisions In Trade Deals
- : This Wasn’t the PhD Advice You Were Looking for
- : Macroeconomics of Persistent Slumps
Might Like to Be Aware of:
- : A Taste of Cosmology
- : The Resentment Machine
- : Marco Rubio Rakes In Donor Money By Touting Immigration Record–Behind Closed Doors
- : Adagio Teas: Imperial Radch
- : Fashionable Bashing: ‘New York’ Columnist [Jonathan Chait] Knows Little But Talks Big
- : Guided by the Beauty of Their Weapons: An Analysis of Theodore Beale and his Supporters
- : An Introvert’s Guide to Greeting Strangers, Vague Acquaintances, and Friends