Links for 05-22-2013

• In Europe, a Fed President Urges Quantitative Easing - NYT
• BoJ holds off on fresh monetary easing - FT.com
• The Hidden, Unexpected Public Costs of a Stadium - Sports Economist
• Lessons at the Zero Bound from Japan and the US - William Dudley
• SNAP Rolls: They’re Elevated for a Reason - Jared Bernstein
• Why pre-tax inequality matters - Stumbling and Mumbling
• Urban Class Warfare: Are Cities Built for the Rich? - Spiegel
• Perma-Stimulus, Again - Paul Krugman
• What Our Words Don’t Tell Us - The Berkeley Blog
• Why Is Europe So Messed Up? - John Cassidy
• Variance Estimators That Minimize MSE - Dave Giles
• Despite Keynesians’ Victory, Economic Policy Holds - NYT
• The IRS tale--Times letter writers seem to get it  ataxingmatter
• Exchanging Currency and Electronic Money - Supply-Side Liberal
• Kenya's Central Bank Macroeconometric Model - Brookings
• Reasonable Approaches to Fiscal Consolidation? - Econbrowser
• BRICS shows G20 the way - The Interpreter
• Spending on America's Pets - Tim Taylor
• Keynes-Skeptics Find New Economic Poster Boy - Jonathan Chait
• Government Failure vs. Market Failure - Jared Bernstein
• Sharing Abuse Fairly - Paul Krugman
• The Bush Tax-Cut Failure - Economix