Links for 04-16-2013

• Are Germans really poorer than Spaniards, Italians and Greeks? - Vox EU
• Some (more) crushing news for goldbugs - FT Alphaville
• Iceland and China Enter a Free Trade Agreement - NYT
• Time to Upgrade America's Miserly Minimum Wage - Ralph Nader
• Thoughts on the future of finance blogging - Cardiff Garcia
• Future of Blogging - Digitopoly
• Europe in Brief - Paul Krugman
• And in the Red Corner......... - Dave Giles
• Student lending vs the housing bubble - FT Alphaville
• Unemployment benefits should encourage mobility - Owen Zidar
• Mario Draghi: The role of monetary policy in the crisis - Irish Economy
• Do capital income taxes hinder growth? - Tax Justice Network
• Fed Proposes Fee to Cover Costs of Regulation - WSJ
• The Eurozone crisis and EU institutional change - Vox EU
• This is not rocket science - MacroMania
• The much-needed EU pivot to east Asia - Vox EU
• On Wren-Lewis on the IMF - Robert's Stochastic thoughts
• How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? - EPI
• In praise of imprecision - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Tax Expenditures - Tim Taylor
• Gold Does Not Glitter - Paul Krugman