links for 2008-01-10

• The Micromagic of Microcredit - Boudreaux and Cowen
• Do We Have to Cut Social Security Benefits? - PGL
• Calculus Was Developed in Medieval India - Discover
• Down in New Orleans - Economic Principals
• An Old Democratic Fault Line - Harold Meyerson
• Wallace Should Hang - Olivia Judson
• Beware of the … ghost mall! - Daniel Gross
• Emek Basker: ...good research on Wal-Mart - Richard Green
• For Bernanke, a Question of Toughness - New York Times
• Poole Says Uncertainty Surrounds Outlook - WSJ Economics Blog