Links for 2012-01-31

• A few policies I expect soon - Calculated Risk
• Eurozone Problems - Paul Krugman
• Banks must reclaim their proper role - FT.com
• Freddie Mac and Inverse Floaters - Arnold Kling
• ProPublica’s Off Base n Freddie Mac’s “Bets” - naked capitalism
• Japanese Auto Supplier Execs Agree to Prison for Price-Fixing - NYT
• What Did the SEC Really Do in 2004? - The Baseline Scenario
• Warnings about financial crisis were ignored - McClatchy
• A list: Experts who want to break up the big banks - RepoWatch
• For businesses, going green brings in greenbacks - MIT News
• Bank or no bank? - Daniel Nielson