Weekend reading

This is a weekly post we usually 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

Noam Scheiber argues that inequality can’t be meaningfully reduced without looking at the top of the income ladder. [the upshot (opens in a new tab)]

Dean Baker lays out some thoughts about wage growth and its measurement. [beat the press (opens in a new tab)]

The U.S. economy would benefit from some more competition among corporations, says Greg Ip. [wsj (opens in a new tab)]

Emily Badger lays out the context for a new rule targeting segregation in the United States. [wonkblog (opens in a new tab)]

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has published a series of papers on the future of productivity growth. [oecd (opens in a new tab)]

Friday figure

Figure from “The Great Recession and its aftermath: What role do structural changes play? (opens in a new tab)” by University of California, Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein.