Links of the Week - 25 December 2015

A weekly collection of links from the Conscience Warrior Newsfeed


One depressing quote perfectly sums up our relationship with gun violence
The Economist, via Christopher Ingraham

America’s biggest housing program is run by the IRS, and it’s a huge giveaway to rich people
Dylan Matthews

The Price We Pay for Liberty?
Mark Joseph Stern

"This is a political choice we make"
Ezra Klein

Why the U.S. should pay Irish drug prices if Pfizer wants to pay Irish tax rates
Dr. Peter B. Bach

No, you don’t have an absolute right to own guns
Emily Badger

A telling — and disturbing — anecdote about conservative media from a House Republican
Matthew Yglesias

This one anecdote perfectly explains today’s GOP
Greg Sargent

The Passive-Aggressive Monetary Two-Step
Paul Krugman

The Second Amendment Is Not Absolute
Sonja West

Links of the Week - 18 December 2015

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Why the media struggles to deal with Donald Trump’s race-baiting
Paul Waldman

Japanese promises (a reply to John Cochrane)
Noah Smith

Rethinking Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics
Jonathan Wight

The segregation-era travel guide that saved black Americans from having to sleep in their cars
Dara Lind

This 2002 PBS debate over the Iraq War is both weirdly prescient and totally bonkers
Dylan Matthews

Thanksgiving, 1963
Josh Zeitz

Why Wall Street's campaign to enrich shareholders could be bad for everyone else
Timothy B. Lee

Obamacare’s biggest political problem: the people it helps don’t vote, but its critics do
Ezra Klein

Avars, Arabs, and History
Paul Krugman

The real-life election of 1800 was even wilder than Hamilton the musical lets on
Andrew Prokop

Links of the Week - 11 December 2015

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27 hilariously bad maps that explain nothing
Max Fisher

This chart shows something's gone wrong with the US housing market
Matthew Yglesias

Tax the (upper) middle class, please
Mark Schmitt

Take a Tour of Battlefields, Protests, and Prisons With These Photography Legends
Mark Murrmann

What is the “natural rate” for u6?
Jared Bernstein

Ordinary Americans can show Congress how to save the U.S. Postal Service
Steven Kull

ISIS, a history: how the world's worst terror group came to be
Zack Beauchamp

You’re more likely to be fatally crushed by furniture than killed by a terrorist
Andrew Shaver

Why Gronk can't be stopped
Matt Bowen

Shut up about the y-axis. It shouldn’t always start at zero. [video]
Johnny Harris and Matthew Yglesias

Links of the Week - 4 December 2015

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6 reasons not to worry about Russia invading the Baltics
Robert Person

Bitcoin and central banking
David Andolfatto

The Hidden Hardline Side of George H.W. Bush
Jon Meacham

The Faces of the Spymasters
David Hume Kennerly

Stunning photos show what America looked like during the Great Depression
Ana Swanson

‘The Attacks Will Be Spectacular’
Chris Whipple

There's a big problem with Ted Cruz's position on legal immigration
Timothy B. Lee

Models of the minimum wage (for what they’re worth)
Jared Bernstein

Ben Carson’s campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place
Christopher Ingraham

The awfulness of daylight saving time, mapped
Brian Resnick

Links of the Week - 27 November 2015

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NeoFisherism without rational expectations
David Andolfatto

The Psychology of Statistics
Jordan Ellenberg

A fascinating color-coded map of Africa's diversity
Max Fisher

In taking on cosmetologists - and other licensed professions - the White House may have picked a fight it can’t win
Lydia DePillis

Why Republicans are getting one of the most obvious things wrong
Matt O'Brien

Chris Christie's criticism of the Fed is self-contradictory
Matthew Yglesias

The new Republican orthodoxy on monetary policy could be political suicide
Timothy B. Lee

Should soldiers’ votes get counted? That’s not as easy as you’d think.
Donald S. Inbody

Is the PPI going crazy?
The FRED Blog

Stephen Colbert wants to give angry Christians the Starbucks cup they deserve
Alex Abad-Santos

Links of the Week - 20 November 2015

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Evolution and the Electorate
Jonathan Wight

5 things you should know about the Republican welfare state
Christopher Faricy

“Free stuff:” the hypocrisy of a growing campaign theme
Jared Bernstein

What Ralph Nader and Ben Carson don't get about interest rates
Timothy B. Lee

America may be in a reinforcing feedback loop of growing inequality and Republican rule
Lee Drutman

The 10 deadliest interstates in America, mapped
Sarah Frostenson

Every term the Census has used to describe America’s racial and ethnic groups since 1790
Laris Karklis and Emily Badger

This is the real unemployment rate

Edward Lazear

The Tragedy of Ben Bernanke
Brad DeLong

Fisher without Euler
David Andolfatto

Links of the Week - 13 November 2015

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The risk that America will default on its debts is now higher than ever
Paul Waldman

The GOP has a new Speaker, but he's stuck with the same doomed strategy
Matthew Yglesias

Why the GOP Won’t Like Any Honest Debate Moderators
Jamelle Bouie

This critique of the Fed isn’t backed by logic nor evidence
Larry Summers

Ted Cruz is wrong about inflation
Timothy B. Lee

Bernanke’s Biggest Blunder
Eric Posner

The Phillips curve after the Great Recession
The FRED Blog

Bernie Sanders has a pretty revolutionary idea to change America’s post offices
Max Ehrenfreund

This Kardashian headline shows why two Nobel winners say the economy is broken
Jeff Guo

Why Republicans like Ben Carson love comparing abortion to slavery
Emily Crockett

Links of the Week - 6 November 2015

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On Gun Laws, We Must Get the History Right
Priya Satia

A brief history of VPs trying (and mostly failing) to be president
Alvin Chang

2 economists imagined a financial crisis without stimulus or bailouts. It’s … ugly.
Dylan Matthews

A shocking amount of conservative politics is a multilevel marketing scam
Matthew Yglesias

Scam They Am
Paul Krugman

Why Janet Yellen should ignore the experts and listen to this naive farmer
Timothy B. Lee

Is there a rebellion at the Federal Reserve?
Matt O'Brien

College textbooks are a racket

Henry Farrell

Paul Ryan isn’t a hypocrite on family time
Jim Tankersley

A Barney Frank Documentary Shows How Soul-Destroying the Closet Can Be
June Thomas

Links of the Week - 30 October 2015

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Everett Dirksen Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Paul Krugman

This video has a chilling start, but it makes a great point about the 2nd Amendment
German Lopez

Watch the spread of million-dollar homes consume a city
Emily Badger

How official mapmakers keep up with a world that won’t stand still
Emily Badger

Ben Carson perfectly explains the Republican position on guns
Paul Waldman

Presidential inflation beauty contest
The FRED Blog

I thought people should shop more for health care. Then I actually tried it.
Sarah Kliff

Why We Should Be Talking About Russell Simmons’ RushCard Fiasco
Jamelle Bouie

Sorry Airbnb, you don’t get a gold star for paying your taxes
Emily Badger

More Artificial Unintelligence
Paul Krugman

Links of the Week - 23 October 2015

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There is no such thing as a city that has run out of room
Emily Badger

A quick puzzle to tell whether you know what people are thinking
Kevin Schaul

Yes, the CIA Director Was Part of the JFK Assassination Cover-Up
Philip Shenon

Why we should politicize mass shootings
German Lopez

What journalists, weather forecasters, and Han Solo get wrong about probability
Ezra Klein

The most important paragraph in Ben Bernanke's new book
Matthew Yglesias

And just like that, Boehner's back?
John Patty

House Republicans should elect Mitt Romney speaker. No, really.
Ezra Klein

The Northern Arizona University shooting shows why more guns lead to more gun deaths
German Lopez

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics winner, Angus Deaton, explained
Matthew Yglesias

Links of the Week - 16 October 2015

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The hidden messages in Janet Yellen’s big speech
Yian Q. Mui

Zero intolerance
David Andolfatto

Time aggregation in FRED
The FRED Blog

Are bigotry and lies exactly what the Republican electorate wants?
Paul Waldman

Why it’s hard to legislate good corporate behavior
Lydia DePillis

Which measures of inflation are relevant for policy?
The FRED Blog

Slavery Myths Debunked
Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion

And now let us remember the worst economic prediction ever
Matt O'Brien

America's Most Notorious Coal Baron Goes on Trial This Week. Here's the Epic Tale of His Rise and Fall
Tim Murphy

Want to get American gun violence to European levels? Then you need to confiscate guns.
Dylan Matthews

Links of the Week - 9 October 2015

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There’s No Such Thing as Free Parking
Tom Vanderbilt

Yes, slavery is a part of our national history
Julia Azari

Religions Are What People Make Them
Paul Krugman

The case against equality of opportunity
Dylan Matthews

Can the “Scourge of Upward Redistribution” unite left and right against the rent-seekers?
Lee Drutman

Ben Carson’s anti-Muslim comments are at odds with traditional American principles
Paul Waldman

'Virtual Frenzies: Bitcoin and the Block Chain'
Cecchetti & Schoenholtz

Was Carly Fiorina an okay CEO or a terrible one? It doesn’t really matter.
Ezra Klein

A drug company raised a pill's price 5,500 percent because, in America, it can
Sarah Kliff

This is the best time to borrow money. In all of history.
Matt O'Brien