links for 2008-02-25

• Crony Capitalism Comes (Returns?) to America - Menzie Chinn
• Rising Inflation Creates Unease in Middle East - New York Times
• Further thoughts on a carbon tax - Tyler Cowen
• Curiouser and Curiouser - New York Times Blog
• On the political economy of a basic income - Stephen Gordon
• Which kind of credit crisis? - Interfluidity
• This Pill Not To Be Taken With Competition - washingtonpost.com
• What a little bird told us - Los Angeles Times
• Is Bush to Blame for the Economy? - Dean Baker
• Does the ECB suffer from status quo bias? - Vox EU