Links for 11-03-2012

• Food stamps cause global depression? - Crooked Timber
• Fed Speculation - Stephen Williamson
• Karl Rove's Mission Accomplished - Paul Krugman
• Withdrawal of Congressional Research Report Raises Questions - NYT
• Did Republicans Pressure CRS to Withdraw Taxes Report? - NYT
• In partial defense of Cyclically Adjusted Deficits - mainly macro
• More on the Myth of the Exploding Safety Net - CBPP
• Why The Fed’s Balance Sheet Is Shrinking - Real Time Economics
• The Other Financial Crisis - Mohamed A. El-Erian
• Fed’s Williams: New Stimulus Is Having Its ‘Desired Effects’ - WSJ
• On the Manipulation of Currencies - Uneasy Money
• Dewey, Cheatham and Howe for Romney - Paul Krugman
• Dave Altig: Has Fed Behavior Changed? - Stephen Williamson
• Has Fed Behavior Changed? - macroblog
• Inequality and the US election - vox
• What’s Troubling India? - Kenneth Rogoff
• Economics and Natural Disasters - Tim Taylor
• The Ancient Roots of EU Problems - Gloomy European Economist
• Q and A on Forecasting Based on Voter Expectations - NYTimes.com
• Employment: An encouraging report (also more graphs) - Calculated Risk
• Fix the Debt or Save the Coasts? - Robert Kuttner
• The Desertion of Democratic Non-College White Men - Robert Reich
• Historical Echoes: FOMC … “Minutes” by Minutes - Liberty Street