WonkPM: Your afternoon update from Wonkblog for August 27, 2013

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View on the Web. Tuesday, August 27, 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. Economists think it's a terrible idea for D.C. to host the 2024 Olympics Should Washington, D.C. try to host the Olympics in 2024? One group, the aptly-named “DC 2024,” sure thinks so, and announced Tuesday that it would explore a potential bid. But what do economists think? Is it a bad idea for cities … Continue reading → Another day, another sign that Larry Summers will get the Fed job Another day, another sign that Larry Summers will get the Fed job. The latest smoke signal went to CNBC’s John Harwood, who reports that “a source from Team Obama told CNBC that Larry Summers will likely be named chairman of the … Continue reading → Obama thinks law school should be two years. The British think it should be one. It’s easy to forget that before he was the most powerful man in the world, President Obama was a part-time lecturer at the University of Chicago’s law school. But that side of him made a rare appearance Friday in a … Continue reading → Cory Booker is reading 'This Town' to prepare for Washington. That's a huge mistake. Cory Booker is prepping for Washington by reading Mark Leibovich’s “This Town,” reports Jason Horowitz. Well, not exactly “reading.” Listening. He’s got the audio book. But same difference. "I fell asleep to it last night," Booker said. “This Town” is a … Continue reading → Sneezing baby panda now a thing we can look forward to Is this chart about pandas enough Wonkblog baby panda coverage? No, of course not! To mark the occasion of our new arrival, here’s what would argue is the best baby panda video of all time. Washingtonian has gone the extra … Continue reading → Researchers take on crucial question: Are haters gonna hate? It is an age-old adage of Twitter, which apparently traces its roots back to a 3LW video from 2000: Haters gonna hate. Now, scientists have taken it upon themselves to figure out whether this is true. Do verified haters tend … Continue reading → Here's how phone metadata can reveal your affairs, abortions, and other secrets How Wall Street stopped worrying and learned to love global turmoil These are perilous times. Syria is in flames, with Western missile strikes increasingly  likely in what had been only a bloody domestic affair. Emerging markets are in free fall; most dramatically, the Indian rupee has been plummeting, and cash has … Continue reading → Here's where middle-class jobs are vanishing the fastest There are a few broad trends in the U.S. economy getting lots of attention lately. The job market appears to be increasingly polarized, with high-paid and low-paid occupations growing quickly, while middle-class jobs are disappearing. And on top of that, … Continue reading → Want to know if your hospital is a rip off? Move to North Carolina. Medicare made waves earlier this year by releasing the prices that hospitals charge for the most common procedures. North Carolina now wants to take a step further: Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed legislation last week that will require hospitals to … Continue reading → Follow Ezra Klein:     You are receiving WonkPM as a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive WonkPM, or would like to unsubscribe from Wonkbook entirely, click here. ©2013 The Washington Post 1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 Help & Contact Info Privacy Policy

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