links for 2007-08-08

• Financial Market Frictions - FRB Atlanta
• Fed May Lose Productivity Ally in Inflation Fight - Economics Blog
• Wealth gap is increasing, U-M study shows - EurekAlert
• Who Do You Negotiate With? (foreclosures) - Atrios
• Judge bans Navy from using sonar off Southern California - Los Angeles Times
• Pensions and the Mortgage Mess - New York Times
• Childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood - EurekAlert
• Dartmouth economist forecasts 401(k) retirement saving behaviors - EurekAlert
• The Fed chairman and Treasury secretary say the subprime mess has been contained. Are they joking? - By Daniel Gross - Slate
• $1.5 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft Is Set Aside - New York Times
• When morality is hard to like - Sciam Observations
• Helping Africa export - Vox EU
• Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a case report of success - EurekAlert
• Free Lunch on Health? Think Again Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - New York Times

Comments

[kthomas]

Mark, thanks for posting the UM wealth-gap study. Very depressing.

I sure hope the Baby Boomers know what they are doing.

[robertdfeinman]

The oil drum blog has reprinted a nice essay on the present energy use patterns and the prospects for alternative forms of energy.

The author ends up with some analysis of the market forces involved as well. Here's the link to the original article (nice charts too):

Energy transitions past and future