Links of the Week - 27 May 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Was Ted Cruz lying about Donald Trump 4 months ago, or is he lying now?
Matthew Yglesias

The media needs to clearly call out Donald Trump on his bigotry
German Lopez

Subprime Loans Are Back
Helaine Olen

Panasonic (Yes, Panasonic) May Have Created the World’s Best Weather Model
Eric Holthaus

When Rhetoric Distorts Statistics
Zachary Karabell

Ten ways to tell you might be sitting next to an economist
Buttonwood

You can't talk about Trump's rise without talking about racism
Matthew Yglesias

The Obama administration is honoring Henry Kissinger today. It shouldn’t be.
Zack Beauchamp

This is what Trump and Sanders get wrong about free trade
Guian McKee

The Incompetent, Race-Baiting Fraud (and the Man Running to Replace Him as President)
Jamelle Bouie

Links of the Week - 20 May 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Noncompete Clauses Make Your Economy Sick
Noah Smith

A Mess of Contradictions
Fred Kaplan

The sinister, secret history of a food that everybody loves
Jeff Guo

John Boehner just confirmed everything liberals suspected about the Republican Party
Ezra Klein

How to persuade rich people to pay more in taxes: remind them how lucky they are
Robert Frank

Amtrak turns 45 today. Here's why American passenger trains are so bad.
Matthew Yglesias

The Book That Will Save Banking From Itself
Michael Lewis

Why Trump’s ‘woman card’ attack on Clinton is sheer lunacy
Paul Waldman

On Cochrane's dream of equity-financing banking
David Andolfatto

Preserving community character is impossible
Matthew Yglesias

Links of the Week - 13 May 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Baseline models
Noah Smith

Why Donald Trump dominates the Northeast and is poised to win big on Tuesday
Matthew Yglesias

Economics and Self-Awareness
Paul Krugman

This is an incredible visualization of the world's shipping routes
Brad Plumer

Growing a Nation Won't Always Grow Its Economy
Noah Smith


Police versus Prisons
Alex Tabarrok

You're Making Your Financial Adviser Rich
Noah Smith

Everyone Worries Too Much About 'Black Swans'
Noah Smith

America Isn't Going Broke
Noah Smith

How Finance Took Over the Economy
Noah Smith

Links of the Week - 6 May 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Joe Biden was a good vice president. The Democratic candidates should learn from this.
Paul Waldman

Harriet Tubman once staged a sit-in to get $20. The Treasury just gave her all of them.
Dara Lind

Hamilton stays on the $10 bill!
Ben Bernanke

John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
Matthew Yglesias

The dangerous politics of hard promises
Mark Schmitt

The Future of Work: Why Wages Aren’t Keeping Up
Robert Solow

On this issue, Donald Trump knows a lot more than other Republicans. Sad!
Matt O'Brien

Putting a price on carbon is a fine idea. It's not the end-all be-all.
David Roberts

Interest Rates and Aggregate Demand Revisited
David Andolfatto

Slavery in the United States
Bill Rankin