(1)  “When progressivity is high, politics is perceived by income groups as a zero sum game and conflicts over who gets what intensify. When progressivity is low, and tax contributors and benefit recipients overlap, redistributive struggles become politically less salient.”

(2)  You know that thing about how lots of people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder? Yeah, umm, that’s probably not a real thing. (ht Gary Lewis)

(3)  “The coalition of young idealists and working class left-wingers that propelled Jeremy Corbyn to victory is being repeated in the Democratic nomination battle in the US.”

(4)  Bernie as a more traditional populist: “If poverty is increasing and if wages are going down, I don’t know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than they are now.”

(5)  The religious denominations of U.S. presidents.