Links for 2012-02-04

• Still losing the unemployment war - Mohamed A. El-Erian
• The end of lone-wolf capitalism - The Washington Post
• Messages from the January Employment Release - Econbrowser
• Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation - Robert Stavins
• Local Governments Still a Drag on the Economy - CBPP
• Employment: Some good news, some bad news - macroblog
• Tax Expenditures Have a Major Impact on Deficit - CBO
• America's Jobs Deficit - Robert Reich
• Health-Care Payers Push Back Against Costs - Uwe E. Reinhardt
• Why the GOP should stop invoking Reaganomics - Bruce Bartlett
• Tyler Cowen pounces on Keynesianism - Noahpinion
• An American History Lesson for Europe - Thomas Sargent
• FRED Add-in for Microsoft Excel - St. Louis Fed