As a warm-up for the re-start of PO4730 in a couple of weeks, here are some short reads that are relevant to things we discussed last term.
- Martin Wolf arguing that “America’s inequality need not determine the future of Britain“
- Greg Mankiw pointing to a paper looking at how the rich earn their livings
- John Sides on “The Politics of the Top 1 Percent“
- Andrew Gelman on how “Surveys show Americans are populist class warriors, except when they aren’t
- Andrew Gelman pointing to a post of his own and some political science responses on “on how politicians try to mold public opinion“
- Larry Bartels and Marc Hetherington on “Surprising Trust in Government“
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- Daron Acemoglu’s FiveBooks interview on inequality
- A video of a Harvard Kennedy School panel discussion on inequality
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