Links of the Week - 29 July 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

The Profit Motive Behind Financial Complexity
Noah Smith

Something’s Odd About the Political Betting Markets
Andrew Gelman

The way we pick VPs is terrible. The alternatives are even worse.
Jeff Stein

Overcoming Our Inordinate Fear of Inflation
Noah Smith

Turkey coup: Try to picture Donald Trump handling this well
Matthew Yglesias

Are Clinton and Trump the Biggest Liars Ever to Run for President?
David Greenberg

The Republicans waged a 3-decade war on government. They got Trump.
Norman J. Ornstein & Thomas E. Mann

What Has Happened to Rudy Giuliani?
Fred Kaplan

“America First”: Donald Trump’s slogan has a deeply bigoted backstory
Libby Nelson

Donald Trump’s NATO comments are the scariest thing he’s said
Zach Beauchamp

Links of the Week - 22 July 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Productivity mismeasurement: it goes both ways
Jared Bernstein

Some Elitist Views Are Pretty Popular
Noah Smith

The obvious reason the NRA isn’t commenting on the Philando Castile police shooting
German Lopez

The Craziest Convention Moments You’ve Never Heard Of
Jeff Greenfield

No, really, George W. Bush lied about WMDs
Dylan Matthews

Donald Trump told House Republicans he'd defend a nonexistent part of the Constitution
Dylan Matthews

The Most Trusted White Man in Black America
Larry Tye

The Year the Veepstakes Really Mattered
Jeff Greenfield

The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Black People
Daniel Rivero

Government Holds the Promise of Faster Growth
Noah Smith

Links of the Week - 15 July 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

Brexit is a reminder some things just shouldn’t be decided by the people
Emily Badger

John Oliver’s glorious rant in response to Brexit

German Lopez

I worked in the CIA under Bush. Obama is right to not say "radical Islam."

Emile Nakhleh

The reluctant king of the hidden internet

Henry Farrell

Europe needs a real opposition party

Matthew Yglesias

I Triggered a State Department Leak More Serious Than Hillary Clinton’s

Stephen R. Dujack

All the Greedy Young Abigail Fishers and Me

Jia Tolentino

Why President Obama can’t bring us together

Paul Waldman

You can grieve senseless violence against police and from police. Really.

German Lopez

Who Exactly Benefits from Too Big To Fail?
Christopher J. Waller

Links of the Week - 8 July 2016

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The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’
Richard Grant

How Donald Trump made millions running failed casinos in Atlantic City
Matthew Yglesias

Will Trump’s anti-Latino statements hurt the GOP? Here’s what we can learn from LBJ and Goldwater.
Eric Schickler

Donald’s Gun Gaffe
Dahlia Lithwick

Why Prisoners Deserve the Right to Vote
Corey Brettschneider

A shameless deception in Paul Ryan’s Obamacare replacement plan
Stephen Stromberg

Learning to Live With the Fed's Low Rates
Noah Smith

Home Is Where the Fraud Is
David Dayen

Here’s a Tip: Eliminate the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers
Heidi Shierholz and Sharon Block

How Brexit Will Change the World
Politico

Links of the Week - 1 July 2016

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed

The pool player analogy is silly
Noah Smith

Why free parking is a big problem
Emily Badger

With a stroke of a pen, the next president could give a huge boost to union organizing
Richard Yeselson

The men who wrote the 2nd amendment would never recognize an AR-15
Christopher Ingraham

The Second Amendment Hoax
Dahlia Lithwick

Why Obama Can’t Do Anything About Guns
Jemelle Bouie

Donald Trump’s idea of what “American” means is itself un-American
Dara Lind

The big change that will help poor people move to wealthy neighborhoods
Emily Badger

It’s easier to buy an assault weapon than open a bank account. Really.
Lawrence Summers

Here’s how game theory helps explain Donald Trump’s strategies
Steven J Brams