links for 2009-03-19

• In the Wake of AIG: Obama's First Priority - Robert Reich
• "There's still risk it could all blow up" - Andrew Leonard
• Outcry Over A.I.G., Unrelenting, Tests Geithner - NYTimes.com
• Troubles in the credit rating industry - voxeu.org
• Securitisation undermined financial stability - voxeu.org
• They Were Against It Before They Were For It - The Plank
• Why does liquidity matter so much? - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
• Failed policies of IMF again fail the poorest - Project Syndicate
• Competitive devalution to the rescue - Barry Eichengreen
• The belief that the wealthy are worthy is waning - Los Angeles Times
• eighteen forty-eight - Daniel Little
• There is no zombie free lunch - Open Democracy
• Who's Worse, the Pope or the Condom Mafia, on AIDS? - Easterly