Links of the Week - 29 May 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


For the love of God, rich people, stop giving Ivy League colleges money
Dylan Matthews

If Obama and Clinton are "affirmative action" candidates, so are white men
Jenée Desmond-Harris

Why you should never, ever play the lottery
Matt O'Brien

The Mysteries of the Masons
Andrew Burt

Whatever you think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama should get his fast track authority
Matthew Yglesias

The surprising economic principles behind car seats, email scams, and Japanese driving habits
Robert Frank

Why John Nash Matters
Benjamin Morris

Data Note: There’s a reason we here at OTE often focus on year-over-year changes
Jared Bernstein

The author of ‘A Beautiful Mind’ on the life and death of John Nash
Zachary Goldfarb

Fighting for History
Paul Krugman

Links of the Week - 22 May 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


Labor force participation: Is a trend or a cycle at work?
The FRED Blog

Threats to Liberty
Dahlia Lithwick

Huckabee’s Welfare State Conservatism
Jamele Bouie

David Brooks Endorses Nepotism
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

Unless You Are Spock, Irrelevant Things Matter in Economic Behavior - NYTimes.com
Richard Thaler

A Note On Libertarian Anti-Paternalism
Matt Bruenig

Who's The Best Candidate?
Evan Soltas

In Praise of Linear Models…
Chris House

Jeb Bush embraces the narrative of Christian victimhood
Paul Waldman

Research: Natural Rate of Unemployment under 5% and Falling
Bill McBride

Links of the Week - 15 May 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


The American Dream: Aspirations and Realities
Jared Bernstein

Cop Unions
Matt Bruenig

Three more facts to add to the CEAs 10 facts about trade
Jared Bernstein

Paul Ryan loves talking about poverty, but he keeps getting the basic facts wrong
Dylan Matthews

Americans Get Free Trade's Dark Side
Noah Smith

Ideology Creators of the New Gilded Age
Erik Loomis

Explaining US Inequality Exceptionalism
Paul Krugman

Building streets for humans rather than cars could help solve the affordable housing crisis
Matthew Yglesias

Families don't balance their budgets, and neither should the federal government
Jonathan Allen

The Worst Ex-Chairman Ever
Paul Krugman

Links of the Week - 8 May 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Bernanke and the Inflationistas
Paul Krugman

Student Loans and the Next Crisis
Evan Soltas

Understanding Lowflation
David Andolfatto

The supervillain’s guide to saving the internet
Fredrik deBoer

The joke was that Obama wasn’t joking
Ezra Klein

The Clock Didn't Start with the Riots
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Baltimore and Race-based Residential Segregation
Jared Bernstein

Ben Bernanke smacks down everyone who says interest rates should be higher
Matt O'Brien

In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld gave a perfect explanation for why people riot
German Lopez

Why David Brooks Shouldn’t Talk About Poor People
Sean Illing

Links of the Week - 1 May 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

The greatest trick the rich ever pulled was making us believe they pay all the taxes
Dylan Matthews

Jeb Bush endorses "death panels" — and he's right to do so
Ezra Klein

To rent or not to rent
The FRED Blog

How the government taxes rich dead people, explained
Dylan Matthews

Monopsony and market power in the labor market
Nick Bunker

2 political scientists have found the secret to partisanship, and it’s deeply depressing
Ezra Klein

Who actually makes the minimum wage in America today
Lydia DePillis

The rule of robots in Stiglitz and Marx
Branko Milanovic

The Stability Two-Step
Paul Krugman

Iceland has a radical plan to redefine money
Max Ehrenfreund