Poli-econ links

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Consensus: minimum wage increases reduce poverty http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/04/economists-agree-raising-the-minimum-wage-reduces-poverty/?tid=up_next

Obama's failure, undercutting his own base
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/05/the-group-that-got-health-reform-passed-is-declaring-victory-and-going-home/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd

Medicaid expansion most of Obamacare coverage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/06/medicaid-is-obamacares-biggest-success-but-neither-side-wants-to-talk-about-it/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd

ECB sabotaging eurozone
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/01/07/eurozone_inflation_tumbling_does_the_ecb_care.html

US not best health care system infographic
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/07/think-america-has-the-worlds-best-health-care-system-you-wont-after-seeing-this-chart/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd

unemployment facts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/07/the-senate-is-debating-unemployment-benefits-here-are-seven-things-they-should-know/?tid=up_next

US poverty programs suck
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/07/obamacares-launch-was-bad-but-many-programs-for-the-poor-are-worse/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd

book: Social Democratic America
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/01/07/social_democratic_america_lane_kenworthy_s_book_is_great_but_it_s_not_about.html

Chris Christie closed road lanes in political retribution
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/nyregion/christie-aide-tied-to-bridge-lane-closings.html?hp&_r=1
Christie a bully
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/08/chris-christies-problem-is-that-hes-really-truly-a-bully/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd