Links for 2012-03-23

• A theory of fiscal policy: Self-sustaining stimulus - The Economist
• Blunder of Blunders - Paul Krugman
• Assume a Can Opener - Econbrowser
• Reforming the OTC Derivatives Market - William Dudley
• Memories reside in specific brain cells - MIT News
• Transatlantic Recovery Stories - Paul Krugman
• Bernanke Denies Fed Rate Policy Caused Housing Bust - WSJ
• The Labor Market: Assessing Structural Explanations - Jesse Rothstein
• Are the Good Times Never Coming Back? - NYTimes.com
• Encyclopedia Britannica folds its hand with class - Virulent Word of Mouse
• A Note on Issa’s Brooklyn Foreclosure Hearing - Rortybomb
• International finance with no international trade - Nick Rowe
• The American Recovery - Mohamed A El-Erian
• Debt Deflation Woes - Macro Matters
• The Limits of American Exceptionalism - Simon Johnson
• Corporations and standards around the world - Modeled Behavior