Links of the Week - 27 April 2018

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


Democrats Shouldn’t Give in to White Racism
Jamelle Bouie

The emerging plan to save the American labor movement
Dylan Matthews

The Outlook for Public Transit Isn't All That Bad
Noah Smith

The Bell Curve is about policy. And it’s wrong.
Matthew Yglesias

House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics
Matthew Yglesias

Paul Ryan paved the way for Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party
Dylan Matthews

Econ Majors Graduate With a Huge Knowledge Gap
Noah Smith

Trump is drowning in scandal. He can’t focus on Syria.
Max Boot

Chilling maps of lynchings in 1930s America
Frank Jacobs

On trade, Trump either doesn’t understand the basics facts or he doesn’t care
Matt O'Brien

Links of the Week - 20 April 2018

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


It’s Time to Stop Yammering About Liberal Bias
Osita Nwanevu

Employers are increasingly using their workers as lobbyists. Here’s why that’s a problem.
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

Trump-era politics is a surreal nightmare and we can’t wake up
Matthew Yglesias

It’s harder for Democrats to gerrymander effectively
Matthew Yglesias

Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump’s Greatest Political Liability
Jonathan Chait

Trump's Latest Domestic Spending Plot May Be To Ignore The Law
Stan Collender

Tired of winning yet? You're not alone.
Matt Bai

Econ 101 No Longer Explains the Job Market
Noah Smith

Workers don’t have much say in corporations. Why not give them seats on the board?
Dylan Matthews

More and more companies have monopoly power over workers’ wages. That’s killing the economy.
Suresh Naidu, Eric Posner, and Glen Weyl

Links of the Week - 13 April 2018

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


Mick Mulvaney’s Latest Scandal Makes Him Look Like a Craven Hypocrite
Jordan Weissmann

No Strength, No Peace
Fred Kaplan

It’s Time to Panic Now
Fred Kaplan

John Bolton and Gina Haspel Are the Consequences of Our Failure to Reckon With the Bush Years
Joshua Keating

Make Them Pay
Heidi Li Feldman

How the NRA derails gun control debates
Carlos Maza

Inflation and unemployment
David Andolfatto

How high and low you can go? Here's a vertical map of Earth
Frank Jacobs

Who Made the Worst Decision of the Iraq War?
Fred Kaplan

Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?
Jordan Weissmann

Links of the Week - 6 April 2018

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


Trump wants to liberalize health data. Easier said than done.
Sarah Kliff

The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries
Carolyn Y. Johnson

Larry Kudlow Is an Insufferable Wall Street Hack. Let’s Hope Trump Picks Him to Replace Gary Cohn Anyway.
Jordan Weissmann

Larry Kudlow solves what Trump believes is his real problem
Ezra Klein

Larry Kudlow, Trump’s new top economic adviser, explained
Dylan Matthews

The Artifice of the Deal
Matt Bai

A Prefabricated Tragedy
Matthew N. Eisler

Why Money Managers Are Paid So Much Is a Mystery
Noah Smith

The myth of “forcing people out of their cars”
Matthew Yglesias

Celebrating 50 years of the Chrystie Street Connection
Vanshnookenraggen