Links for 08-30-2012

• Obama and Ryan  spend the exact same amount on Medicare - Ezra Klein
• A Forecast That Sounds More Impressive Than It Is - Jared Bernstein
• Is there a market for ideas? Apptopia edition - Digitopoly
• Has Household Deleveraging Continued? - Liberty Street
• Fed's Beige Book: Economic activity increased "gradually" - Calculated Risk
• Romney-Ryan v. Obama Long-term Fiscal Policy – pgl
• American growth could be higher than the pessimists think! - Noahpinion
• Gordon on Growth - John Cochrane
• China is Okay - Stephen S. Roach
• Richmond Fed president on keeping inflation stable - Marketplace.org
• Money is always and everywhere a hot potato - Nick Rowe
• The unintended consequences of QE - FT Alphaville
• Is the financial sector worth what we pay it? - OECD Insights
• If Interest Rates Go Negative . . . - Liberty Street
• The financial system rests on quicksand - John Gapper