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I’ve yet to read most of this new collection of articles, from the Manhattan Institute, on inequality. But what I’ve read so far is quite good [4]. (So far I’ve read only James Sherk’s paper on the alleged decoupling of worker pay from worker productivity. It’s truly excellent.) I plan to read the full collection carefully.
Sarah Skwire analyzes Francis Spufford’s Red Plenty [5].
Skikha Dalmia isn’t impressed with Pres. Obama’s interventions into the market for higher education [7].
Historian Burt Folsom writes on Barack Obama vs. James Madison [8].