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Things to Read on the Afternoon of June 30, 2015

Must- and Should-Reads:

Anil Kashyap: A Primer on the Greek Crisis
Paul Krugman: The Awesome Gratuitousness of the Greek Crisis
Paul Krugman: “In 2007, Greece… public debt[/GDP]… [was] slightly more than 100% of GDP… the fiscal gap was around 3[%-]points…. How did this turn into a catastrophe… debt soar to 170 percent of GDP despite savage austerity?… If Europe as currently organized can turn medium-sized fiscal failings into this kind of nightmare, the system is fundamentally unworkable.”
Adam Ozimek: “If the end of employment-as-usual is coming, the change hasn’t started showing up yet…”
Lawrence Mishel and Alyssa Davis: Top CEOs Make 300 Times More than Typical Workers: Pay Growth Surpasses Stock Gains and Wage Growth of Top 0.1 Percent
Ian Millhiser: Chief Justice Roberts’s Current Thinking
Cory Doctorow: Why I’m Leaving London
Scott Lemieux: The Left-Right Coalition Against the ACA
Timothy B. Lee: The euro was a big mistake, and Greece is paying the price
Must-Read: Danny Chrichton: Why Is The University Still Here?
Must-Read: Mike Konczal: The Hard Work of Taking Apart Post-Work Fantasy

Might Like to Be Aware of:

Sean Parker: Philanthropy for Hackers

Lucy Smee: Lois McMaster Bujold Interview

Ed Kilgore: “In one more big 5-4 decision, SCOTUS… upheld… independent redistricting commissions for purposes of drawing U.S. House districts in… Arizona, where the decision to cut the state legislature out of the congressional mapping business was made by ballot initiative…”

Margaret Biser: I used to lead tours at a plantation. You won’t believe the questions I got about slavery

Peter Diamandis: The Future of Transportation: Autonomous Vehicles; Telepresence Robots & Virtual Worlds; Hyperloop; Point-to-Point Aerial Transport

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