links for 2011-04-06

• The Self-Subversion of Albert Hirschman - Rajiv Sethi
• Has finance gone too far? - voxeu.org
• Deflated inflation expectations - FT Alphaville
• Things I did not say - Greg Mankiw
• Adam Smith on Education - EconoSpeak
• The cost of Medicaid savings - The Incidental Economist
• The Ryan Budget: Voodoo Economics Redux - Isabel Sawhill
• Rivlin: ‘I don’t support ... the Ryan plan’ - Ezra Klein
• Fed’s Lockhart: QE2 Should Be Completed - RTE
• How much food will a week’s earnings buy? - Multiplier Effect
• Picturing social consciousness - Dan Little
• Poor 'hurt by low business taxes' - Jeff Sachs
• Liberate China's Workers - NYTimes.com
• And A Housing Unicorn, Too - Paul Krugman
• Paul Ryan's Multiple Unicorns - Paul Krugman
• Tensions - History of Economics Playground
• The NRO on Monetary Policy - David Beckworth
• Ramesh Ponnuru Is Shrill! - Brad DeLong
• Ryan Plan Unconstitutional ... - Jed Graham
• Has the Fed Eased Too Much? - John H. Makin