Links for 2012-05-12

• Have the BRIC Nations Lost Their Momentum? - NYTimes.com
• Doing Development Better - Dani Rodrik
• Occupational Licensing and Low-Income Jobs - Tim Taylor
• The Rise and Rise of the Super-Rich - Matthew O'Brien
• Unemployment insurance vanishing, even as jobs scarce - Brad Plumer
• Austerity, Safety Nets, and Spending - Paul Krugman
• Is Europe on a Cross of Gold? - Barry Eichengreen
• Labor force nonparticipants: So what are they doing? - macroblog
• Bayes Estimators, Loss Functions, and J. M. Keynes - Dave Giles
• Insights from Bagehot, for these Trying Times (video) - Perry Mehrling
• Macroeconomic Morality - Paul Krugman
• What is a "Responsible" Homeowner? - MacroMania
• Fiscal Multipliers in Recessions - NEP-DGE Blog
• The New York Fed Staff Forecast - Liberty Street