Links for 05-18-2013

• Too Much Talk About Liquidity - Paul Krugman
• The Real Scandal and Systemic Abuse of Power - Robert Reich
• What's the Variance of a Sample Variance? - Dave Giles
• What Rational Really Means - Scientific American
• A Defense of the Financial Sector - Tim Taylor
• The “Mississippi Bubble” – Liberty Street Economics
• Optimal Monetary Policy - Supply-Side Liberal
• That 90s Show - Paul Krugman
• That Hideous Strength - Paul Krugman
• Competitive Pricing in Oregon is a Test Case for Obamacare - Kevin Drum
• Oregon's Radical Health Overhaul Blazes New Trail - Ezra Klein
• What Stimulated Markets from the 14th Century? - Gavin Kennedy
• Is There a Curse of Resources? The Case of the Cameroon - Why Nations Fail
• Is The Decline In US Budget Deficits Merely "Interesting"? - EconoSpeak
• Unleashing growth: The decline of innovation-blocking institutions - Vox EU
• Budget Office Says Obama Plan Would Cut Deficit by $1 Trillion - NYT
• Is the Stock Market Undervalued? - EconoSpeak
• Fed Officials Looking Closely at Student Debt - WSJ