Links for 08-23-16

• What Do The Simple Folk Do? - Paul Krugman
• Lessons on inequality, labour markets, and conflict from the Gilded Age - VoxEU
• Negative Nominal Interest Rates (again) - Cecchetti & Schoenholtz
• Automation and Job Loss: Leontief in 1982 - Tim Taylor
• $3.2 Trillion (A Bit More) Isn’t Enough for China’s Reserves? - Brad Setser
• The Washington Post Wants To Cut Social Security Benefits (Again) - EconoSpeak
• The 5, 3, 2 problem at the Federal Reserve - The Washington Post
• Capitalism, neoliberalism & excellence - Chris Dillow
• Macro Musings Podcast: Doug Irwin - David Beckworth
• Danger!! Crazy Neo-Fisherians on the Loose!! - Stephen Williamson
• New Labour and neoliberalism - mainly macro
• Regulators as Validators - ProMarket
• How Do People Revise Their Inflation Expectations? - Liberty Street Economics
• It is not unfair to think of (nearly all) Brexiteers as racists - Crooked Timber
• Ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency among prisoners - EurekAlert