links for 2010-07-19

• The Bush Deficit Bamboozle - Paul Krugman
• In Afghanistan, a Threat of Plunder - NYTimes.com
• Helping homeowners – or the banks? - Dean Baker
• Laurence Kotlikoff replies to Lord Turner - Economists' Forum
• Mortgage Prepayments and Changing Underwriting Standards - FRBSF
• George W. Bush: Screwup-in-Chief, 2001-2008 - Capital Gains and Games
• News sites reining in nasty user comments - CNN.com
• A Keynesian Success Story: Germany's New Economic Miracle - Spiegel
• Is Another Economics Possible? - Economix
• Masters Forum: Dodd-Frank - Conglomerate Blog
• Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? Fiscal Policy Edition - Brad DeLong
• Krugman on Cowen and Germany - Tyler Cowen
• The Economist As Political Philosopher - Economic Principals
• The low-interest-rate trap - voxeu