links for 2007-10-17

• The brave new world of state capitalism - Martin Wolf
• Will the real Mechanism Design please stand up? - Yet Another Sheep
• Foreign investors slash holdings of US securities - FT.com
• Text of Paulson's Remarks on Housing - WSJ Economics Blog
• Protecting Paulson's Pals - Daniel Gross
• Don't Count on Corporations to Lead on Global Warming - Robert Reich
• The Real Iraq We Knew - washingtonpost.com
• Some at Fed Favored A Smaller Rate Cut - WSJ.com
• If You Can Make It Here - James Surowiecki - The New Yorker