links for 2008-10-08

• Balance sheet of the Federal Reserve - Econbrowser
• “Why is the Fed Paying Interest on Excess Reserves?” - macroblog
• Capitalism and Skepticism - Christopher Carroll
• If SS Was a Private Corporation it Would Sue Tom Brokaw - Dean Baker
• It is time for comprehensive rescues of financial systems - Martin Wolf
• Unfair to Brazil - Dani Rodrik
• Carbon Prices and Driving - The Bellows
• Boom goes the CDS - Free Exchange
• Tokyo Shares Lose 9.4 Percent as Other Asian Markets Slide - NYTimes.com
• More precisely, it's "Guys who LOOK nice finish first" - Richard H. Serlin
• The right blames the credit crisis on poor minority homeowners. This is not merely offensive, but entirely wrong. - Daniel Gross