Links for 2012-02-28

• Bernanke in theory versus Bernanke in practice- Larry Ball
• Do Liberals Disdain the Disabled? - Harold Pollack
• The payroll tax law's best measure - Dean Baker
• The US tax system needs rebuilding - Larry Summers
• Fed’s Duke to Defend Focus on Housing - WSJ
• Europe’s Empty Fiscal Compact - Martin Feldstein
• When Does Atlas Shrug–Why Does Atlas Shrug - Karl Smith
• The Limits of Self-Interest According to Adam Smith - Gavin Kennedy
• What if mobile app developers could pay for data? - Digitopoly
• Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right - Robert Reich
• Housing is the rotting core of the US recovery - Robert Reich
• The Rotten Parent Theorem - Cheap Talk
• Obama’s Unacknowledged Debt to Bowles-Simpson - NYT
• Why White House didn’t embrace Simpson-Bowles - Ezra Klein
• U.S. and Euro-Area Monetary Policy by Regions - FRBSF
• Government debt in Europe: some good and bad news - mainly macro
• Housing and the Transmission of Monetary Policy - Richard Green
• High Reserves Benefit the Payment System - Liberty Street
• Nancy Folbre: Saving the Capitalist Goose - Nancy Folbre
• Creditmongering or legitimate gripe? - Aaron Carroll
• Why journalists need to link - Felix Salmon
• Creditmongering - Austin Frakt
• 2012 or Never - Jon Chait
• Levi Martin on explanation - Dan Little
• The Advantage of Good Looks - James Surowiecki