links for 2011-07-01

• What history teaches us about the welfare state - The Washington Post
• Stiglitz, Frank Respond to 'Reckless Endangerment' Allegations - PBS
• No, statistics are not silly, but their users . . . - FT.com
• Fed’s Lacker: Fed Should Focus on Inflation, Not Jobs - RTE
• Orzag for State-Contingent Stimulus - Twenty-Cent Paradigms
• Romney's Endearing Lies - Jon Chait
• Would Killing the Minimum Wage Help? - BusinessWeek
• A Small Note on the Stimulus Debate - Paul Krugman
• The IMF's new head: Wanted: a French revolution - The Economist
• Thomas Curry to Head Currency Comptroller’s Office - NYTimes.com
• A Failed Global Recovery - Stephen S. Roach
• Greece can be saved – here’s how to do it - Jeff Sachs