links for 2007-08-31

• Effect of investment promotion on FDI inflows - vox
• Iraq ‘meets only 3 out of 18 US goals’ - FT.com
• How much will you pay to live near people like you? - EurekAlert
• Inshoring - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Investment Homes Make Up Large Proportion of Defaults - WSJ Economics Blog
• New research challenges previous knowledge about the origins of urbanization - EurekAlert
• Calculating Probabilities of Fed Rate Moves, a Primer - Economics Blog
• Time to Do the Wrong Thing - knzn
• Bush Plans Steps to Help Troubled Borrowers - New York Times
• A Tribute: Dr. Kurt Richebacher - Safehaven
• Bank Lending and Property Prices - Journal of Interest
• Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again? - Informed Comment