links for 2009-05-30

• Sotomayor: Actual Facts! - Obsidian Wings
• Using CDS to Regulate Banks – Hart-Zingales plan version 2.0 - Cheap Talk
• A new accord? - macroblog
• Europe’s stress-tests: Will international accounting standards pass?- voxeu.org
• Stop me before I Sachs again - Easterly
• The Trouble with (In)flexible Spending Accounts - Economix
• Microstructure of strife - Understanding Society
• Wealth effect channels: up and down - News N Economics
• Climate Change Hits Poor Hardest in U.S. - Scientific American