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31 October 2015

Links of the Week - 30 October 2015

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Everett Dirksen Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Paul Krugman

This video has a chilling start, but it makes a great point about the 2nd Amendment
German Lopez

Watch the spread of million-dollar homes consume a city
Emily Badger

How official mapmakers keep up with a world that won’t stand still
Emily Badger

Ben Carson perfectly explains the Republican position on guns
Paul Waldman

Presidential inflation beauty contest
The FRED Blog

I thought people should shop more for health care. Then I actually tried it.
Sarah Kliff

Why We Should Be Talking About Russell Simmons’ RushCard Fiasco
Jamelle Bouie

Sorry Airbnb, you don’t get a gold star for paying your taxes
Emily Badger

More Artificial Unintelligence
Paul Krugman

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24 October 2015

Links of the Week - 23 October 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


There is no such thing as a city that has run out of room
Emily Badger

A quick puzzle to tell whether you know what people are thinking
Kevin Schaul

Yes, the CIA Director Was Part of the JFK Assassination Cover-Up
Philip Shenon

Why we should politicize mass shootings
German Lopez

What journalists, weather forecasters, and Han Solo get wrong about probability
Ezra Klein

The most important paragraph in Ben Bernanke's new book
Matthew Yglesias

And just like that, Boehner's back?
John Patty

House Republicans should elect Mitt Romney speaker. No, really.
Ezra Klein

The Northern Arizona University shooting shows why more guns lead to more gun deaths
German Lopez

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics winner, Angus Deaton, explained
Matthew Yglesias

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17 October 2015

Links of the Week - 16 October 2015

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The hidden messages in Janet Yellen’s big speech
Yian Q. Mui

Zero intolerance
David Andolfatto

Time aggregation in FRED
The FRED Blog

Are bigotry and lies exactly what the Republican electorate wants?
Paul Waldman

Why it’s hard to legislate good corporate behavior
Lydia DePillis

Which measures of inflation are relevant for policy?
The FRED Blog

Slavery Myths Debunked
Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion

And now let us remember the worst economic prediction ever
Matt O'Brien

America's Most Notorious Coal Baron Goes on Trial This Week. Here's the Epic Tale of His Rise and Fall
Tim Murphy

Want to get American gun violence to European levels? Then you need to confiscate guns.
Dylan Matthews

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10 October 2015

Links of the Week - 9 October 2015

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There’s No Such Thing as Free Parking
Tom Vanderbilt

Yes, slavery is a part of our national history
Julia Azari

Religions Are What People Make Them
Paul Krugman

The case against equality of opportunity
Dylan Matthews

Can the “Scourge of Upward Redistribution” unite left and right against the rent-seekers?
Lee Drutman

Ben Carson’s anti-Muslim comments are at odds with traditional American principles
Paul Waldman

'Virtual Frenzies: Bitcoin and the Block Chain'
Cecchetti & Schoenholtz

Was Carly Fiorina an okay CEO or a terrible one? It doesn’t really matter.
Ezra Klein

A drug company raised a pill's price 5,500 percent because, in America, it can
Sarah Kliff

This is the best time to borrow money. In all of history.
Matt O'Brien

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03 October 2015

Links of the Week - 2 October 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


Why the presidential candidates need to answer tough questions about God
Paul Waldman

Reimagining electric utilities for the 21st century
David Roberts

It's time for the Fed to admit it doesn't have an inflation problem
Timothy B. Lee

Back to the Future…for lunch
Jared Bernstein

Scott Walker’s race to the bottom
Paul Waldman

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “For African Americans, unfreedom is the historical norm”
Ezra Klein

The Federal Reserve is trying to do what nobody else has been able to do
Matt O'Brien

Donald Trump is much more like Ronald Reagan than the GOP establishment would like to admit
Jonathan Allen

The Dynasty That Almost Wasn’t
Jules Witcover

Scott Walker's plan to crush American labor unions, explained
Matthew Yglesias

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