Links for 12-17-2012

• A major change in Bernanke’s policy - Gavyn Davies
• A New Job Description for Treasury Secretary - NYT
• Claudio Borio on the financial cycle - The Economist
• Is Google Abusing Its Market Power? - NYTimes.com
• The Entitlements Debate - James Surowiecki
• Merkel warns on cost of welfare - FT.com
• Assimilated by the Peterson Borg - Paul Krugman
• How to obstruct the debate on inequality - Miles Corak
• New Names For Statistical Methods - Normal Deviate
• What Does the Monetary Exit Path Look Like? - askblog
• Repatriation Holidays - owenzidar
• Congress' Money Vault - Modeled Behavior
• The Dismal State of the Dismal Science - Paul Krugman