Links for 2012-04-11

• Robert Samuelson Again In Deep Doo Doo On Social Security - Barkley Rosser
• Another Bogus Attack on Health Reform - Paul Krugman
• Fannie and Freddie Regulator Considers Principal Reduction - NYT.com
• The challenges of the Fed’s bid for transparency - Sargent and Silber
• How rents and vacancies can rise/fall simultaneously - Richard Green
• Fed ‘Hawk’ Wants Rate Hike This Year or Next - WSJ
• Why the Buffett Rule Sets the Bar Too Low - Robert Reich
• I can't let go of the debate over macro models - Robert Waldmann
• Did Acemoglu and Robinson declare war on development? - Chris Blattman
• Extractive growth: response to Matt Yglesias - Acemoglu and Robinson
• The Bush Boom? - pgl
• Running on empty - Dan Little
• The EZ breakup contest: Take ignorance seriously - Vox EU
• Teaching inflation targeting with ISLM - Nick Rowe
• Is austerity self-defeating? Of course it is - Jonathon Portes