Weekend reading

This is a weekly post we publish on Fridays with links to articles we think anyone interested in equitable growth should be reading. We won’t be the first to share these articles, but we hope by taking a look back at the whole week we can put them in context.

Links

The costs of attending college have skyrocketed in recent decades, yet net costs (after factoring in financial aid, for example) haven’t increased as much, Shane Ferro reports. [business insider (opens in a new tab)]

Justin Wolfers looks at a paper that claims parenting time doesn’t make that much of a difference for children. He finds it wanting. [the upshot (opens in a new tab)]

Paul Krugman enters the blog debate about secular stagnation between Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke. [ny times (opens in a new tab)]

John Roberston looks at what’s holding back productivity growth. [atlanta fed (opens in a new tab)]

Cardiff Garcia digs into questions surrounding the yield curve and its effect on the economy. [ft alphaville (opens in a new tab)]

Friday Figure

Figure from “The future of work in the second machine age is up to us (opens in a new tab),” by Marshall Steinbaum.