Links for 08-02-17

• The Neglected Lessons of a Lost Decade - Narayana Kocherlakota
• Is a flexible labour market a problem for central bankers? - mainly macro
• Were Banks Ever ‘Boring’? - Liberty Street Economics
• Bust Up America's Monopolies Before They Do More Harm - Noah Smith
• Protectionism Will Not Protect Jobs Anywhere - Kenneth Rogoff
• Constraining the SEC’s Enforcement Options - The Regulatory Review
• Firm heterogeneity in consumption baskets - VoxEU
• The Tax Reform America Needs (and Probably Won’t Get) - NYTimes
• Kindleberger: International Use of the Dollar and English - Tim Taylor
• All Hands on Deck: Confronting the Challenges of Capital Flows - IMF Blog
• Still Learning From Milton Friedman: Version 3.0 - John Taylor
• Tories vs the 21st century - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Avoiding the Resource Curse - Justin Fox
• Economic conditions and ECB interest rate increases - VoxEU