1. Martin Feldstein on Piketty. And Wojciech Kopczuk and Allison Schrager on wealth taxes. Piketty and survivorship bias.
2. Poland will institute biometric ATMs.
3. The new Peter Thiel book (self-recommending).
4. The record of Andrew Cuomo — worth a ponder.
5. Why don’t octopus arms stick together?
6. Is falling household consumption behind secular stagnation?
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