Links for 12-19-2012

• The Deal Dilemma - Paul Krugman
• The dirty secret of economics education- Frances Woolley
• Why Google Has Too Much Power Over Your Private Life - NYT
• Future production from U.S. shale or tight oil - Econbrowser
• Including SS in deficit deal is perverse embrace of fraud - Dan Froomkin
• Nordic innovation: Is ‘cuddly capitalism’ really less innovative? - vox
• Why conservatives shouldn't fear the fiscal cliff - Noah Smith
• Bank of Japan in Tough Spot After Abe's Win - WSJ.com
• A new recipe for currency friction - FT.com
• Bernanke – the rebel with a cause - FT.com
• The distributional impact of long-run inflation - NEP-DGE
• The Welfare Costs of Superstorm Sandy - Liberty Street
• Macro, what have you done for me lately? - Noah Smith
• Elinor Ostrom on the Commons - Tim Taylor
• The True Burden of Government - Bruce Bartlett
• Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Political Spending - NYT