Links for 2012-01-29

• Assessing John Cochrane - Brad DeLong
• Fannie and Freddie not to blame for bubble - Washington Post
• Social democracy and equal opportunity - John Quiggin
• Science on the Internet - Paul Romer
• The Worse-than Club - Paul Krugman
• What a Drag - Jared Bernstein
• Does the renminbi matter? - Vox EU
• Perverse Fiscal Policy - EconoSpeak
• The siren call of austerity - David Cay Johnston
• Higher Taxes Help the Richest, Too - Robert Frank
• Why Jobs in Manufacturing are Better - Robert Waldmann