links for 2011-10-20

• Pay Raises Trail Behind Even Mild Inflation - WSJ
• Peak production for U.S. oil-producing regions - Econbrowser
• The Austerity Death-Trap - Robert Reich
• The Bankers’ Capital War - Howard Davies
• Sizing Up the Fed’s Maturity Extension Program - Liberty Street
• Historiography and the philosophy of history - UnderstandingSociety
• Opposition To Congestion Pricing Is Rational - Eschaton
• How to Clean Up the Housing Mess - Alan Blinder
• Libertarianism and Liberty - T. M. Scanlon
• Are We Screwed? - Paul Kedrosky
• Getting Nominal - Paul Krugman
• Rational Expectations and Reductionism - Uneasy Money
• Higher Taxes on Wealthy Won’t Drive Them Away - CBPP
• What is Nominal GDP targeting ? - Angry Bear
• Cain’s 9 Responses to His 9-9-9 Tax - pgl
• Blaming Government More Than Wall Street - NYTimes.com
• The great sectoral shock of 2006 - MacroMania
• Expectations and the Economy - Dennis Lockhart
• The Importance of EITC for Working Families - CBPP
•  America at Stall Speed? - Mohamed El-Erian
• Don’t Hold Out for a Lasting German Rebound - Wilder View