20 April 2013

Links of the Week - 19 April 2013

Kind of a big week for links, but then it was kind of a big week for news. There was such a big pile of links this week that I put them into categories. This may become a trend, but no promises yet.


Gold:
The Gold Bubble Is Bursting: Who’s To Blame? - David Glasner 
12 Rules of Goldbuggery - Barry Ritholtz

Bitcoin:
Bitcoin is ludicrous, but it tells us something important about the nature of money - Neil Irwin 
Adam Smith Hates Bitcoin - Paul Krugman

Thatcher Roundup:
David Corn 
Wonkblog 
Paul Routledge

General Macro:
Milton Friedman, Currency Debaser - Paul Krugman
Empirical Methods and Progress in Macroeconomics - Mark Thoma
Getting Back to Full Employment - Jared Bernstein 
U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion - The Onion

Marathon:
‘If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon’ - Ezra Klein

Please, Listen to Ruslan - William Saletan (video)

The Rest:
Why doing your taxes is much harder than it ought to be - Neil Irwin 
The Limits of Good Faith - Ta-Nehisi Coates 
What are some of the most ridiculous startup ideas that eventually became successful? - Michael Wolfe

Why I Don't Love Frederic Bastiat - Matthew Yglesias
How a student took on eminent economists on debt issue - and won - Edward Krudy

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