Links for 06-29-2012

• Do oil prices help forecast real GDP? - Vox EU
• Young versus mature small firms seeking credit - macroblog
• The Curious Ethos of the Academic/Appointee - Bryan Caplan
• "Science" without falsification is no science - Noahpinion
• Doubling Down -Paul Krugman
• One Big Union - Howard Davies
• Who Wants Big Banks? - James Kwak
• Nonsensical Tax Attacks Re SCOTUS ACA Decision - Jared Bernstein
• Look Who Opposes Obamacare, by Fat Margins - Jeff Frankel
• The case for truly bold monetary policy - Martin Wolf
• Fed’s Bullard Argued for Ending ‘Twist’ Program - RTE
• Health Spending Stopped Growing -- in Other Rich Countries - NYTimes.com
• Questions linger over Romney's tax history - David Cay Johnston
• Merkel's Hard Line Could Cause End of Euro - Spiegel
• Europe, Colombia and the Role of Free Trade - NYTimes.com
• Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims mostly unchanged - Calculated Risk
• The Myth That Entitlements Ruin Countries - Matthew O'Brien
• Other Air Pollutants: Soot and Methane - Tim Taylor