Links for 2012-03-17

• De-fragmenting Africa - Vox EU
• Austerity and not wasting a crisis - mainly macro
• Europeans Can't Blog - Bruegel
• Don’t Lose Sight of Jobs - Brookings Institution
• The Global Innovation Revolution - Laura Tyson
• It’s Time to Act on the Jobs Crisis - Thomas Kochan
• If you're "hapa" and you're "grizzled" clap your hands - Env Economics
• Unconventional policy or unconventional circumstances? - macroblog
• Monetary Policy Communications Guidance - The Denouement
• Was Milton Friedman a Closet Keynesian - Uneasy Money
• Turning wine into liquidity - MacroMania
• Fed’s Evans: Monetary Policy Can Facilitate Robust Expansion - WSJ
• Who’s impressed with Osborne’s big bond? - FT.com
• Why Greg Smith's Critique is Way Too Narrow - Robert Reich
• The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis - Umair Haque
• A new era for global financial standards - Vox EU
• Recovery before Reform - Robert Skidelsky
• Structural change and convergence (video) - Dani Rodrik
• Transmission, Accuracy and Accountability - Macro Matters
• Capital Gains vs. Ordinary Income - Uwe Reinhardt
• Will India and China Close the Durban Window? - Robert Stavins