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MarkThoma

  1. "The Iron Law of Oligarchy" bit.ly/LCALNM
  2. "The Fork in the Road for Health Care" bit.ly/JStkgK
  3. Links for 2012-05-29 bit.ly/JK5hHl
  4. Heads I win, tails you lose - London Banker londonbanker.blogspot.com/2012/05/heads-…
  5. Alexander Field (and Santayana) on Financial Regulation - Econbrowser econbrowser.com/archives/2012/…
  6. A Budget Grand Bargain Will Follow the Election - Robert Rubin online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…
  7. Can DSGE models describe political cohesion? - Macro Matters macromattersblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/can-ds…
  8. Britain's climate change policy is going up in smoke - George Monbiot guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
  9. What We Talk About When We Talk About the Fiscal Treaty - The Irish Economy irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2012…
  10. How Overrepresented Are Rural and Low-Population States? - Political Economist: …eclasspoliticaleconomist.blogspot.com/2012/05/basics…
  11. A new New Deal to cut youth unemployment - FT.com ft.com/cms/s/0/59448d…
  12. Believe in yourself, for my benefit - Noahpinion noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/believ…
  13. Mundell and the Euro - Paul Krugman krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/mun…
  14. Does Monetary Policy make Austerity Irrelevant? - mainly macro mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2012/05/does-m…
  15. A Stochastic Game without a Stationary Discounted Equilibrium - The Leisure of the Theory Class theoryclass.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/a-s…
  16. Valuing Domestic Product - Nancy Folbre economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/val…
  17. The End Of The Euro: A Survivor’s Guide - Baseline Scenario baselinescenario.com/2012/05/28/the…
  18. Anglophone Potential - Paul Krugman krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/ang…
  19. Plosser on the Risks from Europe bit.ly/LyR7n0
  20. Jailbreaking an iPhone is way easier than I thought. I can now tether my computer to *any* GSM sim chip. Yahoo. That will help for travel.