Links for 2012-02-09

• Are Homeowners Locked into Their Houses? - Boston Fed
• EU Commissioner Says Austerity Focus Feeding Recession - WSJ
• Why rational expectations models can be wrong - Noahpinion
• Germany’s Hidden Economic Weaknesses - NYTimes.com
• More on Schools of Thought - mainly macro
• What does construction have to do with it? - EPI
• Housing a large portion of students’ spending - Gazette Times
• American Migration [Interactive Map] - Forbes
• The Power (Law) of Twitter - Paul Krugman
• Fed’s Williams: If Recovery Falters, QE3 Is on the Table - WSJ
• Unfounded Obsession With Greek Minimum Wage - The Wilder View
• Do Payday Lenders Target Minorities? - Liberty Street
• I Gotta Give Ben His Props - Jared Bernstein