Weekend reading

This is a weekly post we publish every Friday with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should read. We won’t be the first to share these articles, but we hope by taking a look back at the whole week we can put them in context.

The high cost of housing

Cardiff Garcia airs his grievances about the high cost of housing in cities. But he’s got a good economic case for his complaints. [ft alphaville]

Eduardo Porter makes the case that homeownership, and mortgages in particular, are bad for financial stability. [ny times]

The theory and reality of economic growth

Noah Smith on how the rumors of the demise of so called “real business cycle” theories have been greatly exaggerated. [noahpinion]

Matt O’Brien looks at how the U.S. economy has fallen over and can’t get back up [wonkblog]

Emily Badger on the potential economic gains from getting rid of racial inequity.  [wonkblog]