Links of the Week - 16 November 2018

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The looming danger of non-banks
Felix Salmon

The White House, definitely not scared of socialism, issues report on why socialism is bad
Dylan Matthews

A White House report points out that Mao and I both like low health care costs. True, but…
Sarah Kliff

The hack gap: how and why conservative nonsense dominates American politics
Matthew Yglesias

After Fanning the Flames of Anti-Semitism, Trump Is Hiding Behind the Pro-Israel Defense
Jordan Weissmann

Links of the Week - 9 November 2018

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Even janitors have noncompetes now. Nobody is safe.
Matt O'Brien

The biggest lie Trump tells is that he’s kept his promises
Matthew Yglesias

This is exactly how a nuclear war would kill you
Alex Ward

Donald Trump’s Perverse Advantage
Frank Bruni

4 ways to fix "fake news"
Jim VandeHei

Links of the Week - 2 November 2018

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Max Boot, Jackie Robinson, and the racism problem in the Republican Party
Jane Coaston

Proportional representation could save America
Matthew Yglesias

The rigging of American politics
Ezra Klein

Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Hasn’t He Done Anything About It?
Jordan Weissmann

The Man Who Broke Politics
McKay Coppins

Links of the Week - 26 October 2018

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We Don’t Need to Replace the BQE, But We Will
Andrew Lynch

Why this political scientist thinks the Democrats have to fight dirty
David Faris and Sean Illing

It’s better to be born rich than gifted
Andrew Van Dam

Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Climate Change
Jonathan Wight

Why More Dictators Are Killing and Abducting Dissidents Abroad
Joshua Keating

Links of the Week - 19 October 2018

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'A Kind Of Vague Hostility': Michael Lewis On How Trump Loyalists Run Agencies
Michael Lewis

The “dollar auction” theory can help explain the Kavanaugh chaos
Lee Drutman

Brett Kavanaugh proves the Never Trump movement was a sham all along
Zack Beauchamp

It’s Time for Democrats to Play Hardball With the FBI
Matthew Miller

‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team 
Michael Lewis

Links of the Week - 12 October 2018

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The GOP Is Clueless About Women. Here’s What the Party Needs to Learn.
Matt Latimer

Everything is going right for the Federal Reserve. It needs to change what it’s doing.
Matt O'Brien

How Salt Helped Win the Civil War
Anne Ewbank

Why It’s Time to Rename the Russell Office Building
Joshua Zeitz

Trump Said What About Kim Jong-un?
Fred Kaplan

Links of the Week - 5 October 2018

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Why Russians Keep Visiting Mariia Butina in Prison
Alex Finley

Kavanaugh and Trump are part of a larger crisis of elite accountability in America
Matthew Yglesias

Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court’s looming legitimacy crisis
Zack Beauchamp

A former spy explains why Manafort is crucial to Mueller’s Russia investigation
Alex Finley

Why US public transportation is so bad — and why Americans don’t care
Aditi Shrikant

Links of the Week - 28 September 2018

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The 2008 crisis really did start off worse than the Great Depression
Matt O'Brien

Why God Is Laughing at Brett Kavanaugh
John F. Harris

Republicans can’t hold Kavanaugh or anyone else accountable — because Trump is president
Matthew Yglesias

No, I Will Not Debate You
Laurie Penny

The Kavanaugh assault allegations are a reminder that Democrats were smart to push Al Franken out
Matthew Yglesias

Links of the Week - 21 September 2018

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The White House Tried to Take Credit for the Economy. It Wasn’t Very Convincing.
Jordan Weissmann

The financial crisis and the foundations for macroeconomics
Larry Summers

Special report: We're safer 10 years after financial crisis
Felix Salmon

The Great Recession's uneven recovery
Kim Hart

How the Great Recession fueled for-profit colleges
Stef W. Kight

Links of the Week - 14 September 2018

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In 1921, Canada developed a secret plan to invade the U.S.
Frank Jacobs

Republicans Were Mad at Twitter for Banning Alex Jones. Then They Met Him.
Will Oremus

A simple plan for saving the Supreme Court
Daniel Epps and Ganesh Sitaraman

Most jobs created since the recession have been low-paying
Steve LeVine & Naema Ahmed

Is the housing price-rent ratio a leading indicator?
The FRED Blog

Links of the Week - 7 September 2018

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We Already Know Trump Is Betraying His Country
William Saletan

Donald Trump talks like a mob boss — and reminds us he has no idea what he’s doing
Matthew Yglesias

The 1974 Playbook
Fred Kaplan

John McCain, who died at 81, explained
Matthew Yglesias

John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the rise of reality TV politics
Laura McGann

Links of the Week - 31 August 2018

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A few comments on the Labor Force Participation Rate
Bill McBride

Most international borders are surprisingly young
Frank Jacobs

The Mueller investigation is showing how badly we’ve failed to prosecute white-collar crime
Matthew Yglesias

The moral implications of luck
David Roberts

Donald Trump Was Too Incompetent to Pick a Fed Chair He Agreed With, and Now He’s Mad About It
Jordan Weissmann

Links of the Week - 24 August 2018

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Bitcoin is still a total disaster
Matt O'Brien

Has wage growth been slower than normal in the current business cycle?
The FRED Blog

“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy
 Will Wilkinson

Why so many people who need the government hate it
Sean Illing & Suzanne Mettler

What John Dean Has to Say About the NYT’s Blockbuster Don McGahn Story
Isaac Chotiner

Links of the Week - 17 August 2018

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Liberals Don’t Have to Defend Sarah Jeong’s Tweets
Yascha Mounk

Corporate profits versus labor income : Risk & reward versus slow & steady
The FRED Blog

Racism is a problem of white elites, and Kris Kobach proves it
Dylan Matthews

New York’s Uber Cap Is Good News for Basically Everyone
Henry Grabar

Ten Years After the Crash, We Are Still Living in the World It Brutally Remade
New York magazine

Links of the Week - 10 August 2018

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Why Trump Has Such a Soft Spot for Russia
Andrew Sullivan

Russian Intervention
William Saletan

American white people really hate being called “white people”
David Roberts

We’re Never Going to Get Our “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?” Moment
Rebecca Onion

New Report: Uber and Lyft Riders Aren’t Giving Up Their Cars—They’re Giving Up Transit
Henry Grabar

What Economists Still Don’t Get About the 2008 Crisis
Noah Smith

Trump Might Cut Taxes Without Congress. It’s His Ultimate Heist for the Rich.
Jordan Weissmann

Amusing ourselves to Trump
Ezra Klein

The Cryptocurrency Game With a $9 Million Prize
Arvind Dilawar

How 2,000 year old roads predict modern-day prosperity
Christopher Ingraham

Links of the Week - 3 August 2018

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A simple analogy for understanding Trump’s Putin meeting
Zack Beauchamp

The “do what you want” theory of politics
Dylan Matthews

Accusing Trump of Treason Will Only Help Him
Fred Kaplan

Socialists Will Need to Be 10 Times Smarter Than Republicans to Get Taken Seriously in Washington
Jordan Weissmann

Donald Trump and the crisis of elite impunity
Dylan Matthews

Links of the Week - 27 July 2018

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Trump’s administration is full of kooks and crooks because it’s led by Donald Trump
Matthew Yglesias

Europe’s Dependence on the U.S. Was All Part of the Plan
Claire Berlinski

Trump’s ‘populism’ is just a search for scapegoats
Matt O'Brien

What Robert Mueller Knows—and 9 Areas He'll Pursue Next
Garrett Graff

It’s Resignation Time
Fred Kaplan

Links of the Week - 20 July 2018

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Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair Is for Suckers
Rob Goodman

Goldman Sachs Warns That Rising Wages Could Cut Into Corporate Profits. The Horror!
Jordan Weissmann

“Law and order” politics often undermines the rule of law
Amy Erica Smith

The Liberal Case for Kavanaugh Is Complete Crap
Jordan Weissmann

What Jonathan Chait Gets Right About Trump and Russia
Tom Nichols

Links of the Week - 13 July 2018

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The Case for Incivility
Osita Nwanevu

How to fix the Supreme Court
Ezra Klein

It’s time for term limits for Supreme Court justices 
Lee Drutman

Mitch McConnell’s politics of shamelessness have won
Matthew Yglesias

Map identifies 1,700 public memorials to the Confederacy
Frank Jacobs

People are worried about these economic warning signs. They can relax. For now.
Andrew Van Dam

Court-packing, Democrats’ nuclear option for the Supreme Court, explained
Dylan Matthews

Donald Trump, the resistance, and the limits of normcore politics
Matthew Yglesias

Roe Block
William Saletan

Why capitalism won’t survive without socialism
Eric Weinstein with Sean Illing

Links of the Week - 6 July 2018

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Trump’s Bizarre Tangent About Canadian Shoe Smugglers, Explained
Jordan Weissmann

Domino's Pizza Fixing Potholes Is an Ominous Sign
Noah Smith

For the last time: Trump inherited a good economy, and he hasn’t made it better
Matt O'Brien

Sarah Sanders and the failure of “civility”
Zack Beauchamp

The Government Had No Intention of Reuniting Separated Families
Dahlia Lithwick

In MLK’s day, conservatives didn’t think he was so “civil”
Nicole Hemmer

After a ridiculous days-long bad-faith debate on civility, can the press manage to learn self-respect?
Matthew Yglesias

White People Are Cowards
Michael Harriot

Cowards and Traders
William Saletan

“Mad Dog” in the Doghouse
Fred Kaplan