Weekend Readings

Economics and Politics

Whatever Happened to Saving for a Rainy Day?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/end-of-american-countercyclical-fiscal-policy-by-carmen-reinhart-2018-03

Economist Justin Wolfers on corporate tax cuts

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/business/how-to-think-about-corporate-tax-cuts.html

Impact of Changes to Income Tax

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/the-richest-americans-get-a-33000-tax-break-under-the-gop-tax-law-the-poorest-get-40/

The Flailing Infrastructure Plan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/29/trump-promised-1-5-trillion-in-infrastructure-spending-hes-1-percent-of-the-way-there/

International Trade and Jobs

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/opinion/trump-tariffs-trade-war.html

Journalism, Technology and Politics

Is Populism Returning to Latin America?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/populism-returning-to-latin-america-by-andres-velasco-2018-03

Reflections on Journalism by Roger Cohen

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/opinion/some-reflections-on-journalism.html

Big Data, Privacy and Politics

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/30/even-before-cambridge-analytica-india-had-already-lost-the-data-wars/

Politics in Kenya

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/29/kenya-may-have-its-own-donald-trump-to-deal-with/

Sisi's Control of Egypt Is Absolute

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/egypt-election-sisi-trump/557030/