Links for 2011-12-21

• Impasse in Congress: 3 Million Could Lose Jobless Benefits - NYT
• Finance Shouldn’t Be the Only Game in Town - Edward Glaeser
• Why the Republican Crackup is Bad For America - Robert Reich
• Uncertainty about uncertainty - macroblog
• History matters - Chris Dillow
• Fed Proposes New Capital Rules for Banks - NYTimes.com
• Cutting Corporate Taxes Is No Economic Panacea - Bruce Bartlett
• Apple’s international pricing - Digitopoly
• The Power of Living in Truth - Jeffrey Sachs
• A New Way to Think About Income Inequality - Freakonomics