Things to Read on the Afternoon of August 19, 2015
Must- and Should-Reads:
- : Europe’s Evidence-Free Policymaking
- Must-Read: : Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
- Must-Read: : Renminbi Shift Challenges Global Markets
- : “Most of [Trump’s] ideas punish legal immigrants for the actions of people coming here illegally. For all Trump’s rhetoric about loving legal immigrants, he intends to either hold them responsible for illegal immigration or hold them hostage in his fight against illegal immigration…. [Another of] Trump’s insight here is that the best way to drive unauthorized immigrants… is to target their children and families… ban unauthorized immigrants from receiving tax credits meant to help their children–children who are, remember, US citizens…”
- : Bumpy deficits, smoother ride: The historical evolution of budget deficits and growth rate
- : Where is the Acceleration in Wages?
- : ACOs in Medicare
- Must-Read: : Wealth and income distribution: New theories needed for a new era
- Must-Read: : The Success Sequence Is Extremely Misleading And Impossible To Code
Might Like to Be Aware of:
- : The Chronicles of Prydain is the greatest fantasy series ever written. (Sorry, Harry Potter.)
- : Westmark (The Westmark Trilogy): Lloyd Alexander: 9780141310688: Amazon.com: Books
- : The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha
- : A Brilliant Cover to Celebrate 50 Years of Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
- : “Perry’s zombie campaign lurches forward. He may have no money, but there’s $17 million from super PACs…. Like a brain that can no longer coordinate with its body, Perry has no control…. One must posit two questions: Can candidates in the age of the super PAC ever truly die? And what does a zombie campaign even look like?…”
- : How ambiguity panic motivates conservative culture warriors
- : Voxplaining Vox