Links for 2012-03-27

• How Well Do Initial Claims Forecast Employment - St. Louis Fed
• Microfoundations and Central Bank models - mainly macro
• Former Chancellor Levy Says Profs Should Work More - EconoSpeak
• Greg Mankiw Admits a Political Operative Into the Pigou Club - pgl
• Why More Stimulus Now Would Pay for Itself—Really! - Matthew O'Brien
• Why White House Burning Is Wrong, Liberal Edition - Baseline Scenario
• Simon Johnson and James Kwak on Learning from the Past - Econbrowser
• Devolution and Fiscal Policy - Scottish Economy Watch
• It's Baaack! Well, really, it never went away. - Macro Matters
• The Economic Rationale for the Individual Mandate? - JAMA
• Emerging Asia: Two Paths through the Storm - FRBSF Letter
• Steve Rattner Misleads on Inequality in the NYT - Dean Baker
• Fiscal Rules and the Sovereign Default Premium - WP - FRB Richmond
• The Nurture of Nuclear Power - Nancy Folbre
• The mouse on the manhole cover - Digitopoly
• "Just a Little Walk in the Desert" - Tim Duy
• Healthcare Jujitsu - Robert Reich
• Creepy Cronyism - Paul Krugman
• China Adjusts - Jeff Frankel
• Prospects for the U.S. Labor Market - Liberty Street
• "China’s Stability Gambit" - Stephen S. Roach
• Recent Developments in the Labor Market - Ben Bernanke
• Cochrane Confuses Keynesian and the Laugher Crowd - pgl
• Krugman Nails It! Problem Is Crony Capitalism... - Dean Baker
• The Great Wall and Chinese Reforms - Antonio Fatas