Weekend reading
This is a weekly post we publish on Fridays with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should be reading. 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.
Links
Tim Duy argues that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen took a dovish tone during her press conference this week. [fed watch]
The Federal Open Markets Committee lowered its estimate of the long-run unemployment rate. Jared Bernstein writes about how this change is a good thing. [wa po]
Shane Ferro doesn’t buy the idea that the sharing economy will reduce income inequality. [business insider]
Ryan Cooper says that city governments have absolutely failed at tackling the problem of gentrification. [the week]
Izabella Kaminska on the limits of negative rates. [ft alphaville]
Friday Figure
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