links for 2011-04-21

• Chinese Inflation and the Impact on the US Economy - Econbrowser
• Behind the S.&P. Warning on the Deficit - Simon Johnson
• Don’t let banks gamble with taxpayer money - Roger Farmer
• Is Birtherism Just "Reflex"? - John Sides
• What Are Taxes For? - Paul Krugman
• Predicting the improbable - Vox EU
• How the crisis might change what economists study - FRB Richmond
• Democracy or Finance? - Robert Skidelsky
• Beware the "Middle Ground" of the Budget Debate - Robert Reich
• Social networks as aggregators - Daniel Little
• The Annoying Hypocrisy Trope - Kevin Drum
• Happiest places have highest suicide rates - EurekAlert
• ...Flat Earthers' Plan for Astronomy Department - Beat the Press