links for 2009-03-21

• Congress's Potemkin Populism - Robert Reich
• Stimulus Appears to Be Sparking Alt-Energy Revival - Scientific American
• Globalisation promotes peace - voxeu.org
• Towards a rational exuberance - Knowing and Making
• Are Treasury Bonds a Bubble That May Someday Burst? - NYTimes.com
• Toxic Asset Plan Foresees Big Subsidies for Investors - NYTimes.com
• Reorganise the banks by focusing on the liabilities not the assets - voxeu.org
• Downpayment Insurance Could Stabilize Home Prices - WSJ.com
• Obama Outlines Plan to Prevent Waste in Stimulus Package - NYTimes.com
• Taxes, Bailouts and Class Warfare - Bruce Bartlett
• The Outlook for Productivity Growth: Symposium Summary - FRBSF
• Holy-Moley - Democratic Strategist
• Just when I thought I was out. - The Edge of the American West
• Technical practices - Understanding Society
• How big a tax advantage do owners have relative to renters? - Richard Green
• A look at the Bank of England’s balance sheet - macroblog
• Bye Bye Birdie? One-Third of American Birds Are in Decline - Discover