links for 2009-08-26

• Bernanke’s four point ‘to-do’ list - FT Alphaville
• Don't Succumb to Deficit Hysteria - Robert Reich
• Subprime Lenders Getting U.S. Subsidies, Report Says - washingtonpost.com
• The timing of fiscal interventions - voxeu.org
• Earthquake Science - Arnold Kling
• U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record - McClatchy
• Considering a Financial Product Safety Commission - The Tobin Project
• How Insurers Do, and Don’t, Compete - Economix
• Don't Want a Public Plan? What Do You Think of Medicare? - Johnson and Kwak
• Lost cause purgatory - The Reality-Based Community
• Should Journals Have To Compete For Papers? - EconoSpeak
• Economics Bloggers Video - Growthology
• The case against Bernanke - FT.com
• Financial pay shouldn’t be left to the market - Lucian Bebchuk
• Maybe pigs can fly - Richard Green
• Rating agencies vs. investment banks: Who’s minding the shop? - FT
• To Opponents Of The Stimulus - Bruce Bartlett
• Bernanke Reappointment Is ‘Good News’ - Real Time Economics