links for 2009-05-10

• The Safety Net - For Victims of Recession, Patchwork State Aid - NYT
• Shift From Spending to Saving May Be Slump’s Lasting Impact - NYT
• US banks claim line softened on $74bn - FT
• The Fiscal Challenge - Bruce Bartlett
• American consumers struggle with their debts - The Economist
• Behavioural financial regulation - Leigh Caldwell
• Lessons from the 2009 Influenza Epidemic - Bradly Condon, Tapen Sinha
• Three Pictures from the April Employment Situation - Econbrowser