Links for 12-30-2012

• The Year in Review: Fantastical Pseudo Economics - Econbrowser
• On the Economics and Politics of Deficits - Paul Krugman
• Greg Mankiw Says We Have to Tax the Middle Class More - Dean Baker
• Too Much Wishful Thinking on Middle-Class Tax Rates - Greg Mankiw
• Economic Consequences Of Banning Semi-Automatic Weapons - EconoSpeak
• Policy implications of capital-biased technological change? - Tyler Cowen
• Going Over the Cliff Is the Only Way to Save the Government - Jeffrey Sachs
• E. Cary Brown on Recent Fiscal Policy - EconoSpeak
• Fixing the Deficit Is Painless - Business Insider
• Epicurus's philosophy - UnderstandingSociety
• Most Findings Are False - Normal Deviate