Links for 12-28-2012

• Why Closing Tax Loopholes Isn’t Enough - NYTimes.com
• Sales Ratio: Existing to New Homes - Calculated Risk
• There's Another No Work Option: Laid Off - Eschaton
• Noah Smith vs. Macroeconomics as a Whole - Brad DeLong
• China tightens up censorship of Internet sites - latimes.com
• Future Inequality, According to the CBO - Paul Krugman
• Five myths about charitable giving - The Washington Post
• Metrics for the “Ever Expanding Government” - Econbrowser
• Are voluntary contracts always mutually beneficial? - Noahpinion
• Why Republicans Don't Care What the Nation Thinks - Robert Reich
• Microfoundations You Can Believe In - Coordination Problem
• The SEC at a Turning Point - Simon Johnson
• Falling Off the Fiscal Cliff - Dallas Fed