Links for 2012-01-06

• Government-funded job creation works - latimes.com
• Washington Isn't Spending Too Much - Austan Goolsbee
• Is Joblessness a Skills Problem or an FOMC Problem? - Uneasy Money
• A Fracking Mess - Environmental Economics
• Romney, Son of "Citizen's United" - Robert Reich
• Has the Spectre of Protectionism Blown Away? - The IMF Blog
• Main Trends in the U.S. Labor Market - The Conference Board
• Unpaid internships hurt mobility - EPI
• Romney's Tax Plan - ataxingmatter
• Measuring Long-Term Hardship in the Labor Market - CEPR
• Central Bank ‘Very Close’ to Adopting Inflation Target - WSJ
• Leading Indicators Index Gets Overhaul - WSJ
• How This Started - Paul Krugman
• Clay Shirky, paywalls, heavy sigh - Digitopoly
• Ron Paul and the Banks - Simon Johnson
• Central banks: Crazy aunt on the loose - The Economist
• Fracking - Cheap Talk
• Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 372,000 - Calculated Risk
• December Employment Report Preview - A Dash of Insight
• For young college graduates, the case for economics - Washington Post