links for 2008-10-23

• Some old wisdom from Jim Tobin - Dani Rodrik
• The effective fed funds rate is getting close to 0% - News N Economics
• Get elected. Do something good. Repeat. - Consider the Evidence
• Age of green economics - Project Syndicate
• Friedman vs. Microfoundations - YouNotSneaky!
• From capital inflow bonanza to financial crash: Danger ahead - Vox EU
• The really, really bad news about the unemployment rate - Daniel Gross
• Massive Stimulus May Be Needed to Stem Crisis - Real Time Economics
• Five Ways to Fix Our Financial Architecture - washingtonpost.com
• Progressive Taxation--Socialism? or Just Standard Policy? - ataxingmatter
• Can Destabilizing Speculation Both Be Profitable and Help Obama? - pgl
• Its a conspiracy, I tell you - Paul Krugman
• America's Economic Future After the Financial Crisis - Dissent Magazine