U.S. economy
A feeble recovery, by Josh Bivens and John Irons
Success breeds failure, by Paul Krugman
Living standards, poverty, inequality, well-being
Inequality and prices: does China benefit the poor in America?, by Christian Broda and John Romalis
Time in our hands, by Steven Cave
Black America: nearer to overcoming, The Economist
Do the right things, Financial Times
Income inequality seen as the great divide, Financial Times
Working families and economic insecurity in the states, by Shawn Fremsted, Rebecca Ray, and Hye Jin Rho
Pain and inequality, by Kathy G.
Was it easier being a mother in 1908?, by Marilyn Gardner
Controversies about the rise of American inequality: a survey, by Robert Gordon and Ian Dew-Becker
The rising instability of American family incomes, 1969-2004, by Jacob Hacker and Elizabeth Jacobs
The minimum wage merry-go-round, by Ezra Klein
Graduates versus oligarchs, by Paul Krugman (via Mark Thoma)
Seeing inflation only in the prices that go up, by David Leonhardt
People aren’t losing their jobs as much as they’re losing hours, by Matt Lewis
Nation’s poorest 1% now controls two-thirds of U.S. soda can wealth, The Onion (via Alex Hicks)
A land where CEOs have stopped smiling, by Sam Pizzigati
Do employees care about their relative position?, by Benno Togler, Markus Schaffner, Sascha Schmidt, and Bruno Frey (via Chris Dillow)
Taxes
A wake-up call for global tax cheats, BusinessWeek
President Bush has made tax day easier for the rich, at the expense of everyone else, Citizens for Tax Justice
The official word on whether capital gains tax cuts increase revenue (it’s no), by Justin Fox
The invisible hand is shaking, by Robert Frank
Forget death and taxes; how about health and taxes?, by Howard Gleckman
Lessons from Massachusetts for states considering a property tax cap, by Phil Oliff and Iris Lav
Tax policy and the house price bubble, by Thomas Palley
Taxes, Warren Buffett, and paying my fair share, by Justin Wolfers
Trade
Trade, jobs, and wages, by Josh Bivens
Free-trader fear mongering, by Dani Rodrik
The free-trade paradox, by James Surowiecki
How to preserve the open economy at a time of stress, by Martin Wolf
Housing
Stranded in suburbia, by Paul Krugman
Mortgage holders find it hard to walk away from their homes, New York Times
The scars of losing a home, by Robert Shiller
Keeping families above water, by David Wessel
Health care
Even the insured feel strain of health costs, New York Times
Education
The politics of human capital, by Don Arthur, Will Wilkinson, Mark Thoma
In the basement of the ivory tower, by “Professor X”
U.S. politics
What would Buddha do?, by Jared Bernstein
Skirting Appalachia, by Charles Blow
White voters, Obama, and Appalachia, by DHinMI
Vote like thy neighbor, by William Galston and Pietro Nivola
The white working class: forgotten voters no more, New York Times
Will Obama unify the Democratic party?, by John Sides
Abroad
How much does it cost to combat world hunger?, by Dean Baker
$1.25 a day, by Chris Blattman
Should Canada, Australia, and Sweden ignore most of the world?, by Chris Blattman
No wonder Iceland has the happiest people on earth, by John Carlin (via Tyler Cowen)
Paul Collier on the food crisis
Does military intervention work?, by Paul Collier and Bjørn Lomborg
New Labour and the strategy of insecurity, by Chris Dillow
On the poverty line, The Economist
The Copenhagen consensus, by Robert Kuttner
For Europe’s middle class, stagnant wages stunt lifestyle, New York Times
The new development economics, by Dani Rodrik
The rich get hungrier, by Amartya Sen
Rising wages are the least of Europe’s worries, by Andrew Watt
The growth report, World Bank Commission on Growth and Development
Miscellaneous
People are changing their minds about homosexuality, by Tina Fetner
Gay marriage support and opposition, by Charles Franklin
Top ten reasons to go vegetarian, by Bruce Friedrich
Time for Harvard to move?, by Greg Mankiw
America needs the United Nations, by Mark Mazower
In economic terms, recycling almost pays, New York Times
On the relationship between journalism and social science, by John Sides
Humor for graduate students, by Lee Sigelman
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