links for 2009-03-17

• There's crime, then there's... - The Compulsive Theorist
• Eat the rich or beat the poor - Gristmill
• The limits to offshoring - voxeu.org
• Absolute Confidence? - Andy Harless
• Where does consciousness come from? - EurekAlert
• Obama to AIG: You don't deserve the money - Andrew Leonard
• The White House Seeks to Block Bonuses at A.I.G. - NYTimes.com
• US wrong to assume no bank can fail - Dean Baker
• Migrant Workers Returning: Any Silver Lining? - South Asia Blog
• Constructive solutions to the financial crisis - Ricardo Caballero