links for 2009-06-10 Paul Bairoch: Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes Paul Krugman: Jeff Frankel points out, correctly, that if you look at hours worked, the US data don’t even show stabilization, let alone recovery... Paul Krugman: British economic policies in this crisis have been more aggressive than those of the rest of Europe — and the fall in the pound has given Britain a serious competitive boost. And all of that seems to be having an effect... Barry Ritholtz: Technology & Finance Bubble Aftermaths Sen. Mel Martinez Tries to Take Back His Party Eric Rauchway on Kris James Mitchener and Ian W. McLean, “The Productivity of US States since 1880″ Daniel Larison: Sotomayor’s Critics Data General's Eagle Project (tags: http://www.faughnan.com/papers/eaglecomp.pdf) Derek Slater: Google Book Search settlement and access to out of print books TBogg: Shorter Ross Douthat: The murder of George Tiller provides pro-choice advocates with a wonderful opportunity to bargain away some of their rights in return for less doctor killing. Total win-win. Emptywheel: Pre-Emptive Strike on OPR Report: NYT Misrepresents Comey Emails, Claims He Approved Torture Matthew Yglesias: Race Obsessed Victor Davis Hanson Attacks Sotomayor for Delivering Single Speech on Hispanic Issues Dani Rodrik: Blame the Economists, Not Economics
