Links for 01-08-2013

• Inflation versus Price-Level Targeting in Practice - macroblog
• Credit-default swaps: The case for the prosecution - The Economist
• Letting the payroll tax cut expire was a terrible idea - FT Alphaville
• Chinese 'Currency Manipulation' Is Not the Problem - Edward Lazear
• America going platinum - The Economist
• How effective is fiscal policy - Roger Farmer
• Moral Obligation Coupons - Paul Krugman
• Even brief interruptions spawn errors - EurekAlert
• The Cliff Game - Nancy Folbre
• Professor Thoma Overlooks Financial Bloggers - Bonddad Blog
• Review of Theories of Financial Crises - Itay Goldstein, Assaf Razin
• Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics - Card and DellaVigna
• New Evidence on the Middle-Income Trap - Eichengreen, Park, and Shin
• Okun's Law: Fit at Fifty? - Laurence Ball, Daniel Leigh, Prakash Loungani
• B-school prof in a parody of short-term thinking - Monkey Cage
• Why the multiplier doesn't matter - Noahpinion
• The Benefits of Uncertainty - NYTimes.com
• Beware the ‘central bank put’ - Mohamed El-Erian
• How Did Forecasters React...? - Liberty Street
• Be Ready To Mint That Coin - Paul Krugman