links for 2008-05-24

• More on the Opportunity Cost of Religion - Macro and Other Market Musings
• Some simple measures would alleviate the global food crisis - Jeff Sachs
• Is the EU budget a product of benevolent principles or selfish politics? - Vox EU
• Public schools as good as private schools in raising math scores - EurekAlert
• The Conventinonal Wisdom on Deflation - Macro and Other Market Musings
• What Would It Cost to Save Nature? - Spiegel
• America's Other Housing Crisis - washingtonpost.com
• The Great Depression - Crooked Timber
• The era of big government was over - The Edge of the American West
• Hiding Chameleons and Martian Hot Springs - The New York Times