Must Read
- Jared Bernstein, One of the more outrageous things ever said re fiscal policy…and that’s a high bar. [Ed.: The worthlessness of the contemporary Republican party in a nutshell – not just ideologues, delusional ideologues.]
- Paul Krugman (NYT), Trillion Dollar Fraudsters [Ed.: More on the bad joke House Republicans are calling a budget proposal]
- James Pethokoukis, The disappointing unseriousness of the House GOP’s budget [Ed.: Even Pethokoukis, a righty who risks being punished severely by his employer, calls it out as a joke.]
- Alan Westin, The John Birch Society [Ed.: From 1961. Still relevant today.]
Should Read
- John R. MacArthur, The Mayor and the Machine
- Larry Mishel, We Shouldn’t Accept the Unacceptable on Wage Growth
- Dean Baker, Getting It Wrong on Trade: TPP Is Not Good for Workers
- Elissa Ely, Too Many Things to Care About
- George Yancy and Noam Chomsky (NYT), Noam Chomsky on the Roots of American Racism
- Robert Kuttner, The Dance of Liberals and Radicals
More on the House Republicans’ Budget Proposal
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, On House Budget Chairman’s Plan
- Jonathan Weisman (NYT), Chasm Grows Within G.O.P. Over Spending
- Bill Scher, Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?
Ah, and That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
- Keith Laing, The next looming funding shutdown: Highway programs
- Julian Hattem, Battle brewing over NASA funding
Politics
- Tim Egan (NYT), Traitors to Their Class
- Michael A. Memoli and Lisa Mascaro, Obama Touts Economic Policies As Republicans Fight Internally Over Budget
- Ross Eisenbrey, Senate Committee Debates Whether to Allow H-1B Guestworkers to Replace U.S. IT Workers
- Brad DeLong, Yes, Getting ObamaCare Through Was a Huge Accomplishment. Why Do You Ask?
- David Roberts, Obama finally understands political polarization. Does Hillary?
Media Criticism
Economics
- Jared Bernstein, The U.K. vs. the U.S. minimum-wage debate: What can we learn?
- Simon Wren-Lewis, Faith based macroeconomics
- Peter Gosselin and Jennifer Oldham, If Economists Were Right, You Would Have a Raise by Now
Environment
- Brian Kahn, Hot West, Cold East May be the Norm as World Warms
- Jay Famiglietti, California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now?
- Adam Nagourney (NYT), As California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts and Worries Increase
- Joe Romm, Record First: Global CO2 Emissions Went Flat In 2014 While The Economy Grew
Science
- NASA, AVIRIS Locator Tool [Ed.: Peruse and download VNIR-SWIR hyperspectral datacubes]