Tuesday Links

A new explanation for the Black/White wealth gap: public housing.

Democrats should shut down the government: Matt Yglesias at Bloomberg and Ezra Klein in the New York Times.

HHS to expand access to catastrophic plans in the exchanges. ($9,200 deductibles)

Over the past twenty years, US real GDP grew at a 2.0% annual rate. In the twenty prior years, – real GDP grew at a 3.2% annual rate. The difference: the growth of government.