Links for 08-27-2012

• U.S. monetary policy since the financial crisis - Econbrowser
• My reading list on inequality and opportunity - Miles Corak
• Technical knowledge - Dan Little
• Golden Instability - Paul Krugman
• The problem with the capital gains tax - Richard Green
• The ECB must still help solve the crisis - FT.com
• Facebook design tricks people into giving up privacy - Boing Boing
• Debate Between Consultants and Academics - Mathew Kahn
• David Brooks on the Romney-Ryan Medicare Plan - pgl
• A Q&A with Thomas A. Kochan - Harvard Magazine
• Bad incentives in politics - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Some Frank Talk About Carbon Taxes - Peter Dorman