A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed
The Old Man and the CPI
Paul Krugman
Uber and the New Liberal Consensus
Paul Krugman
How school district boundaries are gerrymandered to keep poor kids segregated
Libby Nelson
The F story about the Great Inflation
Simon Wren-Lewis
The Moderate Republican's Case for Donald Trump
Bruce Bartlett
How conservative media helped the far-right take over the Republican Party
David Roberts
Gross Domestic Output, Explained
Matthew Yglesias
Hillary Clinton wants to take on "quarterly capitalism" — here's what that means
Matthew Yglesias
Jeb Bush now says he wouldn’t ‘phase out’ Medicare. What he would do is just as wrong.
Paul Waldman
Gold is doomed
Matt O'Brien
08 August 2015
01 August 2015
Links of the Week - 31 July 2015
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Here's Why the Huffington Post Is Wrong About Donald Trump
David Corn
If Guns Make Us Safer, Why Not Let Them Into the U.S. Capitol?
Josh Zeitz
There's a simple way to end gerrymandering. Too bad Congress made it illegal.
Matthew Yglesias
Free-market ideology and the burden of proof
Noah Smith
We don’t say “plane accident.” We shouldn’t say “car accident” either.
Joseph Stromberg
Dodd-Frank turns 5 today — it's Obama's most under-appreciated achievement
Mike Konczal
Pushing back on “quarterly capitalism” and incentivizing more investment
Jared Bernstein
Unlike Jeb Bush, John Kasich is trying something different
Paul Waldman
Finland is the poster child for why the euro doesn’t work
Matt O'Brien
Survey expectations - some more evidence
Here's Why the Huffington Post Is Wrong About Donald Trump
David Corn
If Guns Make Us Safer, Why Not Let Them Into the U.S. Capitol?
Josh Zeitz
There's a simple way to end gerrymandering. Too bad Congress made it illegal.
Matthew Yglesias
Free-market ideology and the burden of proof
Noah Smith
We don’t say “plane accident.” We shouldn’t say “car accident” either.
Joseph Stromberg
Dodd-Frank turns 5 today — it's Obama's most under-appreciated achievement
Mike Konczal
Pushing back on “quarterly capitalism” and incentivizing more investment
Jared Bernstein
Unlike Jeb Bush, John Kasich is trying something different
Paul Waldman
Finland is the poster child for why the euro doesn’t work
Matt O'Brien
Survey expectations - some more evidence
Noah Smith
25 July 2015
Links of the Week - 24 July 2015
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Complacency and incrementalism are traps to avoid
Lawrence Summers
Deutsch(x)it
Cheap Talk
Woodford vs. the Neo-Fisherians
Noah Smith
The Hard Truths of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Nearly every job in America, mapped in incredible detail
Emily Badger
Greece should leave the eurozone
Timothy B. Lee
Iran nuclear deal: Conservatives have opposed every diplomatic breakthrough for decades
Matthew Yglesias
How corn made its way into just about everything we eat
Roberto A. Ferdman
Trumpism would be the perfect ideology for a third party
Matthew Yglesias
Scott Walker wants to drug test food stamp recipients. That shows why he’ll never be president.
Paul Waldman
Complacency and incrementalism are traps to avoid
Lawrence Summers
Deutsch(x)it
Cheap Talk
Woodford vs. the Neo-Fisherians
Noah Smith
The Hard Truths of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Nearly every job in America, mapped in incredible detail
Emily Badger
Greece should leave the eurozone
Timothy B. Lee
Iran nuclear deal: Conservatives have opposed every diplomatic breakthrough for decades
Matthew Yglesias
How corn made its way into just about everything we eat
Roberto A. Ferdman
Trumpism would be the perfect ideology for a third party
Matthew Yglesias
Scott Walker wants to drug test food stamp recipients. That shows why he’ll never be president.
Paul Waldman
18 July 2015
Links of the Week - 17 July 2015
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How the South Skews America
Michael Lind
How FDR Invented the Four Freedoms
Josh Zeitz
These maps show the vastly separate worlds of the rich and poor
Emily Badger
Jeb and the Nation of Takers
Paul Krugman
The South’s Heritage Is So Much More Than a Flag
Patterson Hood
The face of Greece’s defiance was a brash economist who pushed Greece to reject Europe
Ana Swanson
The End of the 2016 Election Is Closer Than You Think
Doug Sosnik
This is a great point about Iran's official anti-Americanism
Max Fisher
How World War III became possible
Max Fisher
How likely is nuclear war with Russia?
Max Fisher
How the South Skews America
Michael Lind
How FDR Invented the Four Freedoms
Josh Zeitz
These maps show the vastly separate worlds of the rich and poor
Emily Badger
Jeb and the Nation of Takers
Paul Krugman
The South’s Heritage Is So Much More Than a Flag
Patterson Hood
The face of Greece’s defiance was a brash economist who pushed Greece to reject Europe
Ana Swanson
The End of the 2016 Election Is Closer Than You Think
Doug Sosnik
This is a great point about Iran's official anti-Americanism
Max Fisher
How World War III became possible
Max Fisher
How likely is nuclear war with Russia?
Max Fisher
11 July 2015
Links of the Week - 10 July 2015
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What This Cruel War Was Over
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The forgotten origins of Greece’s crisis will make you think twice about who’s to blame
Ana Swanson
George Takei to Clarence Thomas: The government can take our dignity. They did it to me.
Tez Clark
I’m a Black Southerner Who’s Seen Racism All My Life. Why Do I Stay Silent?
Isaac J. Bailey
3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake
Dylan Matthews
The untold story of how today’s fight over vaccines has its roots in the American Revolution
Carolyn Johnson
People on third base claiming they hit a triple, or marginal product theory at work…not!
Jared Bernstein
Corporate America beat back its best job trainers, and now it’s paying a price
Lydia DePillis
“Richmond Reoccupied by Men Who Wore the Gray”
Maurie McInnis
What This Cruel War Was Over
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Matthew Yglesias
The forgotten origins of Greece’s crisis will make you think twice about who’s to blame
Ana Swanson
George Takei to Clarence Thomas: The government can take our dignity. They did it to me.
Tez Clark
I’m a Black Southerner Who’s Seen Racism All My Life. Why Do I Stay Silent?
Isaac J. Bailey
3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake
Dylan Matthews
The untold story of how today’s fight over vaccines has its roots in the American Revolution
Carolyn Johnson
People on third base claiming they hit a triple, or marginal product theory at work…not!
Jared Bernstein
Corporate America beat back its best job trainers, and now it’s paying a price
Lydia DePillis
“Richmond Reoccupied by Men Who Wore the Gray”
Maurie McInnis
04 July 2015
Links of the Week - 3 July 2015
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What the Confederate flag really means to America today, according to a race historian
Roberto A. Ferdman
Measuring inflation expectations, part I
The FRED Blog
Here's One Confederate Flag That Shouldn't Be Taken Down
Gabrielle Canon
Measuring inflation expectations, part II
The FRED Blog
Take Down The Confederate Flag. Now.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Confederate flag symbolizes white supremacy — and it always has
Libby Nelson
Save Alexander Hamilton!
Ron Chernow
Retire Hamilton, Jackson and All the Rest, Too
H. W. Brands
Ken Burns: Confederate flag isn't about heritage. It's about resistance to civil rights.
German Lopez
It Is Accomplished
Andrew Sullivan
What the Confederate flag really means to America today, according to a race historian
Roberto A. Ferdman
Measuring inflation expectations, part I
The FRED Blog
Here's One Confederate Flag That Shouldn't Be Taken Down
Gabrielle Canon
Measuring inflation expectations, part II
The FRED Blog
Take Down The Confederate Flag. Now.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Confederate flag symbolizes white supremacy — and it always has
Libby Nelson
Save Alexander Hamilton!
Ron Chernow
Retire Hamilton, Jackson and All the Rest, Too
H. W. Brands
Ken Burns: Confederate flag isn't about heritage. It's about resistance to civil rights.
German Lopez
It Is Accomplished
Andrew Sullivan
29 June 2015
It's really hard to rank 'worst days,' Sen. Cruz edition
Sen. Cruz: "Today is some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation's history," referring to the Supreme Court's dual rulings against a suit opposing healthcare expansion and against laws than forbid gay marriage.
I get it that people have different political opinions, and that to people like Sen. Cruz, marriages such as their own can only be valuable if other people cannot have them, and healthcare is only worth having if there is a class of people who cannot have that either.
That said, I'm having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around the, uh, unique ideological requirements of the view that the Court's ruling against those opinions is of a piece with Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11, The Challenger and Columbia disasters, the San Francisco earthquake, the Galveston hurricane, the Dred Scott decision, and the assault on Fort Sumter. (Well, I guess I admit I can see how Sen. Cruz thinks these two rulings are worse than Dred Scott and Sumter.)
No, the part of Sen. Cruz's statement that is so baffling to this correspondent is that it's really hard to argue that, regardless of one's views, these two rulings marked even the worst 24-hour period in America this month. I guess it's possible that Sen. Cruz's views on whether or not universal healthcare and marriage are worse than racist terrorism are still not fully settled. I think for him to elucidate this further would be a public service.
I get it that people have different political opinions, and that to people like Sen. Cruz, marriages such as their own can only be valuable if other people cannot have them, and healthcare is only worth having if there is a class of people who cannot have that either.
That said, I'm having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around the, uh, unique ideological requirements of the view that the Court's ruling against those opinions is of a piece with Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11, The Challenger and Columbia disasters, the San Francisco earthquake, the Galveston hurricane, the Dred Scott decision, and the assault on Fort Sumter. (Well, I guess I admit I can see how Sen. Cruz thinks these two rulings are worse than Dred Scott and Sumter.)
No, the part of Sen. Cruz's statement that is so baffling to this correspondent is that it's really hard to argue that, regardless of one's views, these two rulings marked even the worst 24-hour period in America this month. I guess it's possible that Sen. Cruz's views on whether or not universal healthcare and marriage are worse than racist terrorism are still not fully settled. I think for him to elucidate this further would be a public service.
27 June 2015
Links of the Week - 26 June 2015
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Here's Why Libertarians Are Mostly Men
Kevin Drum
Why Are Libertarians Mostly Dudes?
Jeet Heer
Regulation and Arbitrage
Paul Krugman
Store of value
Noah Smith
FRED-MD: A Monthly Database for Macroeconomic Research
The FRED Blog
That Time the Middle East Exploded and Nixon Was Drunk
Tim Weiner
The deeper problems we miss when we attack ‘gentrification’
Emily Badger
Why the U.S. government needs to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill
Steven Mufson
Why savers need to stop whining and do something smart to make money
Matt O'Brien
A hilarious Australian stand-up comic explains what U.S. gun laws look like to the rest of the world
Jim Jefferies
Here's Why Libertarians Are Mostly Men
Kevin Drum
Why Are Libertarians Mostly Dudes?
Jeet Heer
Regulation and Arbitrage
Paul Krugman
Store of value
Noah Smith
FRED-MD: A Monthly Database for Macroeconomic Research
The FRED Blog
That Time the Middle East Exploded and Nixon Was Drunk
Tim Weiner
The deeper problems we miss when we attack ‘gentrification’
Emily Badger
Why the U.S. government needs to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill
Steven Mufson
Why savers need to stop whining and do something smart to make money
Matt O'Brien
A hilarious Australian stand-up comic explains what U.S. gun laws look like to the rest of the world
Jim Jefferies
20 June 2015
Links of the Week - 19 June 2015
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Wall Street Is Using the Power of Dodd-Frank Against Itself
Adam Davidson
Why is it so hard to regulate the banks? It’s less the complexity than the political power.
Jared Bernstein
The Mutability of Wages
Paul Krugman
The real reason American passenger trains are so bad
Matthew Yglesias
Poor Judgment
Jamelle Bouie
Zimbabwe is paying people $5 for 175 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars
Matt O'Brien
Why buying only the cable channels you watch probably wouldn't save you money
Timothy B. Lee
Iceland put bankers in jail rather than bailing them out — and it worked
Matthew Yglesias
Airlines Exploit The (Peter) Diamond Paradox?
Cheap Talk
Bitcoin isn’t the future of money — it’s either a Ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme
Matt O'Brien
Wall Street Is Using the Power of Dodd-Frank Against Itself
Adam Davidson
Why is it so hard to regulate the banks? It’s less the complexity than the political power.
Jared Bernstein
The Mutability of Wages
Paul Krugman
The real reason American passenger trains are so bad
Matthew Yglesias
Poor Judgment
Jamelle Bouie
Zimbabwe is paying people $5 for 175 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars
Matt O'Brien
Why buying only the cable channels you watch probably wouldn't save you money
Timothy B. Lee
Iceland put bankers in jail rather than bailing them out — and it worked
Matthew Yglesias
Airlines Exploit The (Peter) Diamond Paradox?
Cheap Talk
Bitcoin isn’t the future of money — it’s either a Ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme
Matt O'Brien
19 June 2015
Violent Hate Crimes Involve Both Hatred and Violence
The photo below appeared recently on the Facebook page of a far-right group called "Young Americans for Liberty."
It features a quote attributed to actor Samuel L. Jackson:
It features a quote attributed to actor Samuel L. Jackson:
I don't think it's about more gun control. I grew up in the south with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.This is a cute sentiment, but it presupposes that events such as the terrorist attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC cannot be about both too many guns and too little respect for life. After all, the U.S. hasn't got a monopoly on hate; plenty of other Western industrialized nations have as many problems with hate as we do, but do not have anything close to the problems with gun violence that we've got.
13 June 2015
Links of the Week - 12 June 2015
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You've met Hillarynomics. Now meet left-of-Hillarynomics.
Dylan Matthews
16 maps that Americans don't like to talk about
Max Fisher
US presidential elections used to be way more chaotic. This map shows all of them.
Phil Edwards
An Odd Couple
David Warsh
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
Redditt Hudson
Business Executives are NOT experts in Economics
Bill McBride
Does brand differentiation lower prices?
Matt Bruenig
Now we know what the Federal Reserve did to inequality
Yian Q. Mui
For the love of God, rich people, stop giving Harvard money
Dylan Matthews
Malcolm Gladwell mercilessly mocks John Paulson’s obscene $400 million gift to Harvard
Dylan Matthews
You've met Hillarynomics. Now meet left-of-Hillarynomics.
Dylan Matthews
16 maps that Americans don't like to talk about
Max Fisher
US presidential elections used to be way more chaotic. This map shows all of them.
Phil Edwards
An Odd Couple
David Warsh
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
Redditt Hudson
Business Executives are NOT experts in Economics
Bill McBride
Does brand differentiation lower prices?
Matt Bruenig
Now we know what the Federal Reserve did to inequality
Yian Q. Mui
For the love of God, rich people, stop giving Harvard money
Dylan Matthews
Malcolm Gladwell mercilessly mocks John Paulson’s obscene $400 million gift to Harvard
Dylan Matthews
06 June 2015
Links of the Week - 5 June 2015
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President Obama on how Fox News teaches the middle class to demonize the poor
Emily Badger
Highways gutted American cities. So why did they build them?
Joseph Stromberg
Fox News: We don't call the poor "leeches." Jon Stewart: Let me Google that for you!
Dara Lind
Blinkers and Lies
Paul Krugman
How America became the most powerful country on Earth, in 11 maps
Max Fisher
The Corporate Archipelago
Paul Krugman
The flat tax falls flat for good reasons
Jared Bernstein
Free-market dogma has jacked up our electricity bills
David Cay Johnston
The mean vs. the median of family income
The FRED Blog
If you laugh at this map, it means you're a huge map nerd
Max Fisher
President Obama on how Fox News teaches the middle class to demonize the poor
Emily Badger
Highways gutted American cities. So why did they build them?
Joseph Stromberg
Fox News: We don't call the poor "leeches." Jon Stewart: Let me Google that for you!
Dara Lind
Blinkers and Lies
Paul Krugman
How America became the most powerful country on Earth, in 11 maps
Max Fisher
The Corporate Archipelago
Paul Krugman
The flat tax falls flat for good reasons
Jared Bernstein
Free-market dogma has jacked up our electricity bills
David Cay Johnston
The mean vs. the median of family income
The FRED Blog
If you laugh at this map, it means you're a huge map nerd
Max Fisher
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