Links for 10-01-2012

• What have the economists ever done for us? - Andrew G Haldane
• Mark Zandi wrong about housing tax credit - Calculated Risk
• A Public Service Reminder: Simpson-Bowles Is Terrible - Paul Krugman
• Why Do the Super-Rich Feel Victimized by Obama? - Chrystia Freeland
• I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled - The Washington Post
• Romney’s Leniency Toward Corporate Welfare Queens - James Surowiecki
• The Remarkable k-means++ (Quadruple wonk alert) - Normal Deviate
• Payroll Tax Cut Unlikely to Survive Into Next Year - NYTimes.com
• A history lesson from the International Monetary Fund - RTÉ News
• Republican strength in congress aids super-rich - EurekAlert
• Fixing America’s Fiscal Problem - Martin Feldstein
• On the Demand for Referees - Economic Principals
• Macro Malpractice - Stephen S. Roach
• Active and Passive at the ECB - mainly macro