links for 2009-02-23

• Deficit Hawks Target Social Security, Medicare Again - Robert Kuttner
• Nice Work If You Can Get It - James Surowiecki
• Casey Needs a Mulligan - İyigün Blog
• Hacker on healthcare and institutional change - The Monkey Cage
• As Doubts Grow, U.S. Will Judge Banks’ Stability - NYTimes.com
• Disagreements About Stimulus Embroil G.O.P. - NYTimes.com
• Late Starter - David Warsh
• Ben Stein Watch - Felix Salmon
• Principal Reduction or Interest Reduction? - Richard Green
• Tax Credits for Job Creation and Retention - FRBSF
• Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013 - FT.com
• Digesting the N-word - Models & Agents