links for 2011-11-04

• As Regulators Pressed, Corzine Pushed Back, and Won - NYTimes.com
• The legal scope of Fed purchases - JP Koning
• Does sports make your kids smarter? - Vox EU
• Washington Pre-Occupied - Robert Reich
• Technological Plateau or Promise? - Digitopoly
• Bernanke’s Take on Fed Communications - Real Time Economics
• Extreme Poverty Is Up, Brookings Report Finds - NYTimes.com
• Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims below 400,000 - Calculated Risk
• Calculating Poverty - NYTimes.com
• Inequality Trends In One Picture - Paul Krugman
• A Gravity Test for the Euro - Kenneth Rogoff
• Why we subsidise arts majors - The Economist
• Gender Gap on Wages Is Slow to Close - NYTimes.com
• Growing Economies, Stagnant Wages - NYTimes.com
• Exports in the Recovery - Econbrowser