links for 2008-01-17

• Taxes and revenues another history lesson - Paul Krugman Blog
• Slash rates now - Nouriel Roubini
• Time to Take Action on the Recession - Larry Mishel
• I’m Out of Toll Puns - Ryan Avent
• The Education of Ben Bernanke - New York Times
• Bernanke Is Said to Support Stimulus Measures - New York Times
• The Judges Own Too Much Oil Stock to Hear Your Case - NYT Blog
• On emptying seas, a vanishing way of life - csmonitor.com
• (Not) forecasting tastes - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Long Ago, a Rodent as Big as a Bull - New York Times
• A Revival of 1992’s Glum Mood - New York Times
• Venezuela cuts zeroes from currency in hope of stalling inflation - Mises Blog
• Populism's Candidate - Chris Hayes
• The good news about the recession - Daniel Gross
• Amartya Sen: Multiculturalism Has Become a Tool for Segregation - WIP
• Will the Faltering Economy Help the Democrats? - The American Prospect
• Economists Who Deny Stopler-Samuelson - PGL
• Trade and compensation - Dani Rodrik
• Trade and consequences - Free exchange
• A Coffin for Rabies - Olivia Judson
• Killjoys (18th amendment on alcohol) - The Edge of the American West
• Bernanke: A Wise Man at the Fed - Felix Salmon
• Clinton, Edwards, and Obama on How to Reduce Poverty - Lane Kenworthy
• Will inflation fears restrain the Fed? - Econbrowser