Links for 07-03-2012

• The LIBOR scandal and reforming the banking sector - Jonathan Portes
• European Central Bank Head, Draghi, Has New Powers - NYTimes.com
• Yes, wages at Wal-mart are awful - Richard Green
• A response to David Andolfatto - Nick Rowe
• Reply to Williamson on NGDP targeting - TheMoneyIllusion
• From the Big Bang to the Big Controversy - Scientific American
• The EU summit may destabilise gov bond markets - Paul De Grauwe
• Some Doubts About NGDP Targeting - Stephen Williamson
• Fed’s Williams: Inflation Surge Won’t Happen - RTE
• For Mexicans, It Was the Economy, Stupid - NYTimes.com
• The Iceland question - The Economist
• U.S. Fiscal Policy: Headwind or Tailwind? - FRBSF Economic Letter
• Why Should Unemployed Manufacturing Workers Care....? - Dean Baker
• Did War create the English State? - Acemoglu and Robinson
• The White House has a surrogate problem - Ed Rogers
• Monti's pyrrhic victory? - Vox EU
• Wholewealth - The Economist
• Price Tags for Parents - Nancy Folbre