Notable: October 19, 2016

• Giving Every Child a Monthly Check for an Even Start By Eduardo Porter, The New York Times, October 18, 2016
• Social Security at Stake on Nov. 8 By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, The New York Times, OCT. 19, 2016
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Notable: October 18, 2016

• Germany’s Apprenticeship System Comes Under Attack By TOM FAIRLESS, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 16, 2016
• Wall Street’s “Do-Nothing” Investing Revolution By Dennis K. Berman and Jamie Heller, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 17, 2016
• The Dying Business of Picking Stocks By ANNE TERGESEN and JASON ZWEIG, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 17, 2016 [Passive investing has become investors’ default, driving billions into funds that track indexes. It’s transforming Wall Street, corporate boardrooms and the life of the neighborhood broker. ]
• Why Passive Investing is Overrunning Active, in Five Charts By Sarah Krouse, Spencer Jakab, Jason Zweig and Hanna Sender, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 17, 2016
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Notable: October 15, 2016

• The Mathematics of Cake Cutting By Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, October 13, 2016
• All Is Not Fair in Cake-Cutting and Math By Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, October 7, 2016
• Donald Trump Tax Plan Would Add to Debt and Hillary Clinton’s Wouldn’t, Study Finds By JACKIE CALMES, The New York Times, OCT. 11, 2016
• Five Books to Change Liberals' Minds By Cass R. Sunstein, BloombergView, October 11, 2016
• Stat By Maria Bustillos, Longreads, September 2016 [Is there a dietary treatment for multiple sclerosis? And if so, why is the medical establishment ignoring published academic research that started in the 1950s proving it?]
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Notable: October 13, 2016

• ‘True Scale’ of India’s Tuberculosis Problem: 2.8 Million New Cases By GEETA ANAND, The New York Times, OCT. 13, 2016 [This is a horrifying reminder of the tuberculosis crisis in India. It seems the government is introducing a new plan of attack, based on India's successful anti-polio program. The focus of the new plan seems to be on treatment, and I wish there was more on prevention, with sustained attempts to (a) provide clean drinking water and (b) end open defecation. On treatment, the article suggests that the main failure has been the private sector's. For some unexplained reason, the private sector has been particularly bad at treating tuberculosis in India, which is why the government will be leading the charge in the new strategy.]
• Nobel prize winners’ research worked out a theory on worker productivity – then Amazon and Deliveroo proved it wrong By Ben Chu, The Independent, 11 October 2016
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Notable: October 12, 2016

• Why this Nobel prize for economics is so well deserved By MARK THOMA, MONEYWATCH October 12, 2016
• The Affordable Care Act is covering people, holding down costs and not killing jobs By Jared Bernstein, The Washington Post, October 11, 2016
• Central Banks Consider Bitcoin’s Technology, if Not Bitcoin By NATHANIEL POPPER, The New York Times, OCT. 11, 2016
• What Donald Trump’s Big Tax Break Might Buy By Eduardo Porter, The New York Times, OCT. 11, 2016

Notable: October 10, 2016

• Press Release: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2016, October 10, 2016 [The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström.]
• Popular Science Background, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016
• Scientific Background, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016
• Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom Win Nobel in Economics for Work on Contracts, By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, The New York Times, OCT. 10, 2016
• An Economics Nobel for Examining Reality, By Noah Smith, BloombergView, October 10, 2016
• Economics Nobel Rewards Theories Worth Building On, By Tyler Cowen, BloombergView, October 10, 2016
• Where the Economics Nobel Came From, By Justin Fox, BloombergView, October 6, 2016
• Oliver Hart, Nobel Laureate, By Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution (blog), October 10, 2016
• Bengt Holmström, Nobel Laureate, By Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution (blog), October 10, 2016
• The Performance Pay Nobel, By Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution (blog), October 10, 2016
• Economics Nobel 2016: Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom, Cheap Talk (blog), October 10, 2016
• NOBEL PRIZE 2016 PART I: BENGT HOLMSTROM

Notable: October 8, 2016

• How Donald Trump Uses the Tax Code in Ways You Can’t, By JEREMY ASHKENAS, GABRIEL J.X. DANCE and GUILBERT GATES, The New York Times, OCT. 7, 2016 [Good primer on real estate taxation.]
• Hillary Clinton Targets Tax Hikes at the Very Top, By RICHARD RUBIN, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 7, 2016 ["The top-earning 1% of U.S. households—and especially the top 0.1%—have a lot to lose from Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals."]
• Tidyr | R Tutorial, By Francis Lara, YouTube, April 14, 2016
• Sending Potatoes to Idaho? How the Free Market Can Fight Poverty, By SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, The Upshot (blog), The New York Times, OCT. 7, 2016