Links (12/4/18)

I am in Kenya (was teaching time-series econometrics in Nairobi) and got a bit behind. For pictures of Maasai Mara, Nairobi, and other stuff, see here:

• Climate Denial Was the Crucible for Trumpism - Paul Krugman
• Dual Regression and Prediction - No Hesitations
• Inheritance taxation and wealth effects on the labour supply of heirs - VoxEU
• Is corruption a social thing? - Understanding Society
• The Fed's Policy Implementation Framework - PIIE
• How to End Venezuela’s Nightmare - Ricardo Hausmann
• Beyond GDP - Joseph E. Stiglitz
• Does the Floor System Discourage Bank Lending? - MacroMania
• A Review of the Fed’s Unconventional Monetary Policy - FRBSF
• What game theory tells us about politics and society - MIT News
• E Pluribus Unum: single vs. multiple point of entry resolution - Cecchetti & Schoenholtz
• The Great Macro Divergence - Jean Pisani-Ferry
• When MAGA Fantasy Meets Rust Belt Reality - Paul Krugman
• Brexit, Borders, and the Bank of England (Wonkish) - Paul Krugman
• Per capita income, consumption patterns, and carbon dioxide emissions - VoxEU
• State-dependent effects of monetary policy - VoxEU
• Modeling the social - Understanding Society
• Experts and Elites - mainly macro
• A Worldly Philosopher (or Two) at 100 - Economic Principals
• What are the drivers of TFP growth? An empirical assessment - Econbrowser
• Exercising government's will - Understanding Society
• Snapshots of Falling US Mobility - Tim Taylor
• Antitrust in a Changing Economy and Changing Economics - ProMarket
• Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why? - The New York Times
• US Treasury auctions: measuring the effectiveness of primary markets for government securities - Microeconomic Insights
• Cryptocurrency and Central Bank E-Money - macroblog
• Freelance Economy Is Both Old and Young, Big and Small - Justin Fox
• Growth, disease, and the personal touch - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• So…Tired…of…Winning (Trade Deficit Edition) - Econbrowser