links for 2011-08-09

• S.&P. Fights Rule on Disclosing Firms’ Errors - NYTimes.com
• We Need Different Cossacks Round II - Brad Delong
• China's Economy Is Headed for a Slowdown - Michael Pettis
• Productivity, Profits, and Job Growth - Beat the Press
• NASA Rover Nears Rim of Giant Crater on Mars - Scientific American
• The Fed States the Obvious - Paul Krugman
• The Obama-Is-Dumb Meme - Jon Chait
• Does the equity premium still exist? If not, so what? - Frances Woolley
• The continued embarrassment of European economists? - Kantoos
• The Fed to the Rescue? - Paul Krugman
• Weak Stocks, Weak Economy? - NYTimes.com
• The uncertainty shock will cause a recession - Vox EU
• Long-Term Care in International Perspective - Tim Taylor
• An Experiment in Austerity - Bruce Bartlett