Links for 02-23-16

• The Black History of Housing in America - Home Matters
• The growing life-expectancy gap between rich and poor - Brookings
• It's the 15th Century All Over Again - Justin Fox
• Economic Drivers and the Outlook - John Williams
• The Demand Side to Oil's Decline - David Beckworth
• The austerity winds have changed - mainly macro
• The path to inclusive growth - The Washington Post
• When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage - Alan Blinder
• A Simple Explanation Of the Infrastructure Investment Idea - Bonddad Blog
• Important new findings on inflation and unemployment - Jared Bernstein
• How the Eurozone has been infected by the US slowdown - VoxEU
• Whither Mortgages? - Liberty Street Economics
• Brexit: how big an issue? - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Some thoughts on banning 100% reserve banking - Nick Rowe
• ‘Metrics Monday: Are Those Two Distributions Alike? - Marc Bellemare
• US Social Indicators Since 1960 - Tim Taylor
• China’s Vulnerable External Balance Sheet - Capital Ebbs and Flows
• China's Awkward Exchange Rate Regime - Cecchetti & Schoenholtz