Links for 10-27-2012

• Can charitable donations offset despicable behavior? - Felix Salmon
• Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid - MIT News
• On the Bretton Woods transcripts - Crooked Timber
• Cheese Smuggling in Canada - Conference Board
• German Hypocrisy on “Strengthening Europe” - EconoSpeak
• A Kind Word for Austrian Business Cycle Theory - Uneasy Money
• The Effects of Golden Parachutes - Baseline Scenario
• Robert Samuelson's wrong about government jobs - Josh Bivens
• News10 political analysts (Amy Thoma) discuss VP debate - news10
• Would Inflation Help Cut Government Debt? - Tim Taylor
• Comments on Q3 GDP and Investment - Calculated Risk
• Real GDP increased 2.0% annual rate in Q3 - Calculated Risk