links for 2008-05-12

• Has equity always earned a premium? - 19th-century Britain - Vox EU
• Civilization's last chance - Los Angeles Times
• The prophet of pensions - Los Angeles Times
• Blogonomics: FT Alphaville - Felix Salmon
• Impact of the Gold Rush - By Theodore H. Hittell
• New Blog - Economist Mom
• Top Incomes in the U.S. and Abroad - Consider the Evidence
• Let's not write the Fed a blank check - Interfluidity
• What Social Security Isn’t Meant to Do - New York Times