Notable: August 2018

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• Central bankers grapple with the changing nature of competition, The Economist, August 30, 2018
• Rawls rules: Three post-war liberals strove to establish the meaning of freedom, The Economist, August 30, 2018
• John Law: the 18th-century Scot who became richer than the king of France BY LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT, New Statesman, August 29, 2018
• The remarkable story of how John Law transformed the French economy after establishing a national bank.
• Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It By Jesse Eisinger, The New York Times, August 24, 2018
• Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life By Justin Wolfers, The New York Times, August 24, 2018
• Governments need better ways to manage migration The Economist, August 23, 2018
• Hayek, Popper and Schumpeter formulated a response to tyranny The Economist, August 23, 2018
• What a rising current-account surplus means for the euro area The Economist, August 23, 2018
• Greece’s Bailouts End, but Its Prospects Still Look Grim By Yannis Palaiologos, The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 19, 2018
• Greece’s Bailout Is Ending. The Pain Is Far From Over. By Liz Alderman, The New York Times, August 19, 2018
• Was John Maynard Keynes a liberal? The Economist, August 18, 2018
• Productivity and wages: What’s the connection?  By Jared Bernstein, The Washington Post, August 14, 2018
• How 2,000-year-old roads predict modern-day prosperity By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post, August 7, 2018
• Notes on a Butter Republic By Paul Krugman, The New York Times, August 5, 2018
• Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompanies By Matt Phillips, The New York Times, Aug. 2, 2018