Does money make you happy? Swedish Lottery Winners have higher life satisfaction: nyti.ms/2PC6Qe7

Martin Wolf: Why so little has changed since the financial crash ft.com/content/c85b97… via Financial Times

Great chart on US income growth by percentile of the income distribution: nyti.ms/2uAHMZm

ODID Markus discusses the paper on agricultural productivity in poor countries that he presented yesterday at the CSAE Research Workshop. csae.ox.ac.uk/events?search=… Markus Poschke ODID

Register now! Joint Montreal Macro Brownbag Workshop CIRANO organized by Raquel Fonseca ESG UQAM Markus Poschke McGill University with João Galindo da Fonseca Université de Montréal Julien Martin ESG UQAM Simon van Norden HEC Montréal Paul Gomme Concordia University → bit.ly/2qEjGRd

The Equality Conundrum: What kind of equality? newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

New WP comes with a simulator: try it out work-in-data.shinyapps.io/work_in_data/

Has GDP outgrown its use?: on.ft.com/1s7UmIQ #FT

An economist’s advice to astrologers: on.ft.com/1Buj6Bw #FT

The Economist | In search of lost time: Why is everyone so busy? economist.com/news/christmas…

Influential economists: Shifting clout | The Economist economist.com/news/finance-a…

Slides from new paper by Piketty, Saez, Zucman featured in the Washington Post wpo.st/DW931

NYT: Economists Take Aim at Wealth Inequality nyti.ms/1ODWtNy

Why economists took so long to focus on inequality bv.ms/1mvTAbI via Bloomberg View

Monetary policy, the real interest rate and inequality: econ.st/1P5UZ3q via The Economist

Sir Tony Atkinson, economist and campaigner, 1944-2017 ft.com/content/cbda84… via Financial Times

On Social Tables, Inequality and Pre-Industrial Societies nephist.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/on-… via Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo 🇲🇽🇬🇧🇪🇺

Technology, globalisation and the squeeze on good jobs ft.com/content/e66b2f… via Financial Times

How many Americans are in extreme poverty? CGD and Angus Deaton cgdev.org/blog/chart-wee…

Nine New Findings About Inequality in the United States nyti.ms/2jV8K9s