Things to Read on the Morning of June 4, 2015

Must- and Should-Reads:

• Paul Campos: “A settlement… [with] a non-disclosure provision… enforced by court orders if necessary…. Extortion, which is a serious crime…. On one level, the distinction between these two situations is perfectly clear, as Richard Nixon used to say. On another, it’s troubling that we allow people to buy silence regarding their crimes, as long as the appropriate paperwork is drawn up first.”
• Brian Levy: Bill Easterly and the Denial of Inconvenient Truths
• Paul Krugman: Backward Induction and Brad DeLong
• Tierney Sneed: Pennsylvania Rolls Out Back-up Plan In Case SCOTUS Rules Against Obamacare)
• Must-Read: Matthew Yglesias: GDP Measures GDP
• Nouriel Roubini: The Liquidity Time Bomb
• Matthew Yglesias: People Worrying About a Technology Bubble Keep Making This Mistake
• Must-Read: Gavyn Davies: Technology, Inflation, and the Federal Reserve
• Must-Read: Mark Thoma: To Overcome Rising Inequality, Workers Need More Bargaining Power
• Much More than a Must-Read: Paul Krugman: The Case of the Missing Minsky
• Must-Read: Mike the Mad Biologist: Thoughts on the Promises of Big Genomics

Over at Equitable Growth—The Equitablog

• Kavya Vaghul: Education, housing, and U.S. economic inequality
• Nick Bunker: Job losses, recessions and the U.S. labor market moving forward

Might Like to Be Aware of:

• Dylan Matthews: Most gun deaths are suicides, not homicides. That’s a strong case for gun control.
• Matthew YglesiasNewsletter