links for 2009-04-21 Jo Walton: Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold about writing the Vorkosigan Saga Mark Thoma: John Steinbeck: A Primer on the '30s' DeLong: Stimulus Ostriches DeLong: Will Bank Recapitalization Work? Duncan Black: This is part of the reason why liberal hysterics like me think expansion of the surveillance state and the tolerance of clearly illegal surveillance might be a bad thing. Edmund Andrews: U.S. May Convert Bank Bailouts to Common Stock Gabriel Sherman: The Wail of the 1% Ari Kelman: Lincoln and race: a puzzle solved? Hilzoy: Mr. DeMille, They're Ready For Their Closeups! Chris Bertram: Explaining Marx to Newbies