Links for 03-18-2013

• Cyprus Levy: Historical Precedents - Carola Binder
• Cyprus: between hope and panic - Antonio Fatas
• The minimum wage: Casey Mulligan fail edition - Political Animal
• America’s Latest Phony Fiscal Crisis - Simon Johnson
• Federal Reserve Tries to Reassure Investors - NYT
• Europe is risking a bank run - Wolfgang Münchau
• Europe still has unfinished business - Lawrence Summers
• The Bankers’ New Clothes - Martin Wolf
• Utopianism, Conservatism, and Ideal Theory - Crooked Timber
• Governor Christie Selling the New Jersey Lottery Off Cheap - EconoSpeak
• Fed’s exit will be gradual and difficult - Gavyn Davies
• The disappearing or non-disappearing middle class - Andrew Gelman
• Old and New Keynesian Economics and Abenomics - EconoSpeak
• What's going to happen to the Fed's balance sheet? - Econbrowser
• Echoes of 1933: the Cyprus Heist - Macro and Other Market Musings
• ‘Coolidge’ by Amity Shlaes - Jeff Shesol