links for 2009-12-13

• Should the Fed be the nation's bubble fighter? - Econbrowser
• We must safeguard the Fed’s independence - FT.com
• The Enormous Black Box - Economic Principals
• Who will bear corporate income tax increases? - voxeu.org
• Citigroup Nears Deal to Return Bailout Billions - NYTimes.com
• A Letter to the Dean... - Open Economics
• The Crisis and Beyond - Kiel Institute
• Summers Predicts Job Growth by Spring - NYTimes.com
• What is "the natural rate of interest"? - Nick Rowe
• Abnormal Returns - links
• Credit Writedowns - links
• Brad DeLong - links