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. (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.
Skikha Dalmia isn’t impressed with Pres. Obama’s interventions into the market for higher education.
Historian Burt Folsom writes on Barack Obama vs. James Madison.