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 |  | |  | | View on the Web. |  | Monday, August 19, 2013 | |  |  | | WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. |  | | | Our colleague Zachary Goldfarb published a big piece over the weekend noting that the United States hasn’t made much progress in closing the economic chasm between blacks and whites over the past 50 years. “Many of the most overt forms … Continue reading → | | | | Minimum wage advocates love to point to Australia’s $16.88 an hour minimum as evidence that a very high wage floor needn’t stifle a country’s growth. After all, Australia hasn’t had a recession in 20 years. But Australia is hardly an … Continue reading → | | | | The news that has people in the world of finance talking today is this from the New York Times: Federal officials are investigating whether JPMorgan Chase committed a form of bribery by hiring the kids of senior Chinese leaders. The … Continue reading → | | | | Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading → | | | | Because presidential elections are never-ceasing Sisyphean struggles from whose cruel grip we can never fully escape, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is already gearing up to run for president in 2016. So, obviously, Cruz — who was born in Calgary to … Continue reading → | | | | Regular old Tetris isn’t enough for some people. No, they have to play it at insanely high speeds: Chris Higgins of Mental Floss explains what’s going on here: This is what’s called a Tetris “line race” (also known as a “sprint”), … Continue reading → | | | | If it sometimes appears that some people are just lucky — have lots of sex, and a well-paying job, too — you might be on to something, according to a new study from the Institute for the Study of Labor … Continue reading → | | | | Business Week has an interactive graphic that purports to show the “seesaw” that is the Fed Chair choice: Picture the choice of the next Federal Reserve chair as a seesaw. Some influential Wall Street types with Democratic ties, including Steven … Continue reading → | | | | | |
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