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Brad DeLong

What Brad DeLong thinks about government

@brad-delong · 59 positions · 0 changes of mind

Economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury. Author of Slouching Towards Utopia and writer of the Grasping Reality newsletter.

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  1. Our readingThe outcome of elections is often determined by a small number of key districts.

    Their wordsTo know who will control the House, forget the national polls and zoom in on the five districts of PA-10, AZ-6, PA-7, NY-17, and WI-3.

    ↗Nate Silver & Co.’s Take on the House of Representatives: CHART OF THE DAYbraddelong.substack.com

  2. 2 weeks earlier

  3. Our readingIn a conflict, a coherent weaker actor tends to prevail over an incoherent stronger one.

    Their wordsIn a contest between a coherent weak actor and an incoherent strong one, bet on coherence.

    ↗CROSSPOST: SPENCER ACKERMAN: Fanute The Houthi Coupbraddelong.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  5. Our readingFreedom of navigation is a global public good that decays once its guarantor is seen as unwilling to bear its cost.

    Their wordsFreedom of navigation is a global public good, and public goods decay the instant their provider is revealed to be unwilling to pay for them.

    ↗CROSSPOST: SPENCER ACKERMAN: Fanute The Houthi Coupbraddelong.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  6. 2 days earlier

  7. Our readingA local political and economic elite hostile to outside change makes economic revitalization of left-behind regions especially difficult.

    Their wordsA gentry-dominated yuppie-hostile local power structure makes efforts at development especially hazardous.

    ↗America’s Gentry Élite: TUESDAY TRENDS & TURMOILbraddelong.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

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