Links for 12-09-16

• Don’t Cry Over Dead Trade Agreements - Dani Rodrik
• I’m the union leader Donald Trump attacked - The Washington Post
• Mobile-money services lift Kenyans out of poverty - MIT News
• The Economics of Regional Self-Esteem - Paul Krugman
• A Better Theory to Explain Financial Bubbles - Noah Smith
• The reporting of market ups and downs is not really a joke - mainly macro
• The Nov. Fall in China’s Reserves and the Rise in Real Exports - Brad Setser
• French sociology - Understanding Society
• The next crisis? - John Cochrane