BRIEFLY NOTED: FOR 2021-10-29 Fr, by @delong braddelong.substack.com/p/briefly-note…
First: I must say that if I belonged to the Chinese Communist Party, I would not be at all confident about what the future is going to bring... 1/
First: I must say that if I belonged to the Chinese Communist Party, I would not be at all confident about what the future is going to bring... 1/
...Economist: The Confidence of China’s Communist Party Is Striking: ’Since the Ming dynasty, Chinese who are oppressed by local officials have sighed, by way of explanation: “The heavens are high, and the emperor far away.” An earthier variant run... <economist.com/china/2021/10/…> 2/
...One Audio: Alice Evans: Ten Thousand Years of Patriarchy: ‘Our world is marked by the Great Gender Divergence. In India, Iran and Egypt, most women remain secluded and surveilled, with few friends. Chinese women work <draliceevans.com/post/ten-thous…> <podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/roc…>... 3/
....Very Briefly Noted: Jo Walton: SF Reading Protocols… <tor.com/2010/01/18/sf-…> 4/
...Tim Noah: Tragedy Kept Alan Krueger From Claiming a Nobel Prize, but He’s Not Forgotten: ‘Paying tribute to the late economist who, with David Card, changed America’s mind about the minimum wage… <newrepublic.com/article/163994…> 5/
...Angelica Oung: ’Are we about to see the Cultural Revolution 2.0 in China?…. Wen Jiabao… criticized the Cultural Revolution… veiled commentary… China is going the wrong way… using whatever political capital he has… to push… <github.com/braddelong/pub…> 6/
...Dan Alpert: ’“There’s No Great Resignation” My colorfully illustrated data THREAD on the U.S. labor situation, demonstrating why post-pandemic shortages - like goods supply-chain disruptions - will prove temporary… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453129… 7/
...Sam Ro: There are worse things than inflation: 'Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein explains…
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...Jeet Heer: Podcast: David Shor’s “Popularism”: ‘Doug Bell on the promise and peril of poll-based politicking…. Ezra Klein’s recent profile of polling guru David Shor has sparked a flurry of commentary on the idea of “popularism.” Klein sums up popularism... 9/
...Matthew Yglesias: The Inflation Situation Is Pretty Simple: ‘Supply-chain problems are overhyped—we did a lot of stimulus, and people are buying a lot of stuff… 10/
...Paragraphs: Todd Gitlin & al.: An Open Letter in Defense of Democracy: ‘Liberal democracy depends on free and fair elections, respect for the rights of others, the rule of law, a commitment to truth and tolerance in our public discourse…
LINK: <newrepublic.com/article/164153…> 11/
LINK: <newrepublic.com/article/164153…> 11/
...Alan B. Krueger: Reflections on Dwindling Worker Bargaining Power & Monetary Policy: ‘Declining competition and worker bargaining power can help explain the puzzle du jour of relatively weak wage growth despite historically low unemployment… <kansascityfed.org/documents/6984…> 12/
...Janeway Institute: Launch Event: ’The Weslie and William Janeway Institute for Economics will be officially launched on Tuesday October 19th 2021, 16:00–17:45pm (BST-UK) with a series of opening speeches and followed by a panel conversation on t… <janeway.econ.cam.ac.uk/event/janeway-…> 13/
...David R. MacIver: How to Make Easy Decisions: ‘I should warn you that following this advice may transform you into a strange and alien creature. I think this is one of my more disconcerting traits for others, because fully embracing it causes you to stop doing a lot of ... 14/
...Kevin Munger: It’s About Time: ‘The wag will say “bruh this argument is old af, have you even read Plato’s Phaedrus? Socrates said that writing sucks because it will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their... 15/END
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