links for 2009-11-17

• A Case in Antiquities for ‘Finders Keepers’ - NYTimes.com
• Obamas Economic Policies are Working (debate) - intelligencesquaredus.org
• Promise in a ‘Cash for Caulkers’ Program to Weatherize Homes - NYTimes.com
• Banking Fix Made Easy With Six Simple Steps - Roger Lowenstein
• An Urgent Call for Action to Stem the U.S. Jobs Crisis - EPI
• Inventing a Better Patent System - NYTimes.com
• 4 in 10 families lack money for essentials when unemployed - EurekAlert
• Production and Producer Price Data Release - Mark Thoma
• Uncertainty and the tale of two depressions - voxeu.org
• The effectiveness of fiscal and monetary stimulus in depressions - voxeu.org