links for 2011-01-20

• State Bankruptcy Option Is Sought, Quietly - NYTimes.com
• Banks Want Pieces of Fannie and Freddie’s Business - NYTimes.com
• Volcker Rule May Work, Even if Rules Are Vague - Floyd Norris
• Leonhardt: The Deficit We Want - Calculated Risk
• Trashing the CBO, and any chance at fiscal responsibility - Ezra Klein
• Reducing inequality requires addressing power gaps - Open Economics
• Tax competition vs. tax coordination: Revisiting the debate - voxeu.org
• Partial vs General equilibrium labor supply models - Ecological Headstand
• First, kill healthcare reform. Then, the New Deal? - Andrew Leonard
• Acemoglu, Income Dist., and the Financial Crisis - Stephen Williamson
• 'Communist Monopoly' - Spiegel
• The OECD says imputed rent should be taxed - Richard Green
• New math theories reveal the nature of numbers - EurekAlert
• Violent rhetoric and violent behavior - UnderstandingSociety
• Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 404,000 - Calculated Risk