links for 2011-07-29

• The Truth About Federal Spending - Paul Krugman
• A thousand cuts - Barney Frank
• Lawyers, Coins, and Money - Paul Krugman
• The US GDP revisions are worse then you think - Stephen Gordon
• Dams to Be Removed in Washington to Replenish Salmon - NYTimes.com
• Rampell on the Long-Term Unemployed and Job Searches - Rortybomb
• Why is America’s Budget Deficit So Large? - Martin Feldstein
• How insurance improves living standards - Felix Salmon
• Jobs Deficit, Investment Deficit, Fiscal Deficit - Laura D'Andrea Tyson
• Nationalism and the U.S. debt situation - Noahpinion
• Summer Garden - Tim Duy
• Buiter on the 1% chance the US gets it right - FT Alphaville