Links for 2011-11-15

• Is America following Japan? - The Economist
• Ignorance of Crowds - Cheap Talk
• Mental Monetary Disorders - Paul Krugman
• A Moment Among the Minskians - The Straddler
• Culture in Economics - Raquel Fernandez
• Whitney Gets it Right - Underbelly
• Tyler Cowen channels Mr Potter - Richard Green
• The Euro Zone Crisis and the U.S.: A Primer - NYTimes.com
• Economist Glenn Hubbard: ‘We need a radical change’ - Ezra Klein
• The ECB Needs the Fed Now More Than Ever - David Beckworth
• Should economists be “imagineers” of our future? - Reuters
• Grade Inflation and Choice of Major - Tim Taylor
• The Evolution of Federal Debt Ceilings - Liberty Street
• What Percentage Lives in Poverty? - Nancy Folbre
• Italy: not good but we have seen this before - Antonio Fatas