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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