Links for 11-21-2012

• Banking must not be left in the shadows - Gary Gorton
• Jobless Benefits as an Antipoverty Program - NYTimes.com
• Bernanke: Cutting Interest on Reserves to Zero Would Do Little - WSJ
• The monumental folly of rent-seeking - John Kay
• China’s Transition: Three Scenarios - Econbrowser
• How We Know The Earth Is Old - Paul Krugman
• Year-End Fiscal Debate Is Chance to Address Inequality - NYTimes.com
• The Economic Recovery and Economic Policy - FRB: Speech--Bernanke
• Only One Thing That Can Save Japan Now: Inflation - Matthew O'Brien
• “I know you aren’t the plagiarism police, but . . .” - Andrew Gelman
• The New Republican Tax Policy - Bruce Bartlett
• Crises in open economies - vox
• More Affirmative Action for Deficit Hawks - Dean Baker
• U.S. Deficit Shrinking At Fastest Pace Since WWII - Jed Graham
• Choosing your own capitalism in a globalised world? - vox
• Executive pay limits narrowed scope of TARP banking rescue - EurekAlert