links for 2007-10-21 Mark Danner: Bush's Faith Run Over by History Matthew Yglesias: Really Existing Conservatism Matthew Yglesias: Lazare on The Israeli Lobby Matthew Yglesias: Nepotism and the Neocons James Fallows: This is not my usual beat nor my usual way of operating, but: on this visit to the U.S. I feel obliged to note, in solidarity with Andrew Sullivan and Matthew Yglesias of the Atlantic (among others), that I hope senators will vote No on the Jared Berntein: Obituary: Conservative Economic Policy Henry Farrell: The Demise of Liberal Internationalism Justin Fox: Indian policymakers battle the reality that their country is getting richer DeLong: Macroeconomic Teaching Notes as of October 16, 2007 DeLong: Starting to Think About Next Semester's Teaching... Mark Thoma: Who’s Laffering now?: Paul Krugman on the Laffer curve Andrew Leonard: Good times for liberals John Schmitt and Dean Baker: The real economic crisis: The sharp drop in US productivity growth constitutes a serious threat to US living standards - and should serve as a warning for Europe DeLong: Fall 2006 Version of Berkeley Econ 101b S.M. Stirling: In the Courts of the Crimson Kings DeLong: Explorations in the Theory of Economic Growth: Natural Resources and Malthusian Populations Reuters: Housing Slump Deepens, But Inflation Heats Up Yu Yongding: It is fair to say that inflation is not immediate threat to China’s economic stability. However, there are many reasons for the Chinese government to worry about inflation. Fred Kaplan: Should generals resign if Bush orders an attack on Iran? Richard McGregor: China: An intimidating but brittle colossus Ezra Klein on Sam Tanenhaus's choice of David Kennedy to review Paul Krugman Simon Johnson: The Dollar (answering your questions) Menzie Chinn: IMF World Economic Outlook on Managing Large Capital Inflows Doug Muir: erbian writer Vladimir Arsenijevic has written a perfect little piece on Serbs and Albanians. If you have trouble understanding why everyone is being so unreasonable about this Kosovo thing, here’s a place to start. Sheila Bair: Fix Rates to Save Loans
