Links for 12-17-2013

• The GOP’s Great Depression agenda - Ryan Cooper
• A blow to the Prescott theory of labor - Noahpinion
• Does Leadership Matter? - Acemoglu and Robinson
• How to React to Diminishing Returns - NYTimes.com
• Microfoundations - the illusion of necessary superiority - mainly macro
• More Paleo-Keynesianism (Slightly Wonkish) - Paul Krugman
• The Government Spending to GDP Ratio: Down, Down, Down - Econbrowser
• Supply-chain vulnerability: Fukushima evidence - vox
• Bernanke Defends Transparency Push - WSJ
• Microfoundations for people's sake - Nick Rowe
• Conservative Wonks, Politicians, and Recessions - Paul Krugman
• Competitive Structural Reforms - Gloomy European Economist
• Full employment, not inequality, should be the top priority - Ezra Klein
• Freshwater and Saltwater Economists: A Creation Story - Tim Taylor
• The F.H.A.'s Countercyclical Contribution - NYTimes.com
• Hollowing out the labour market: New evidence - vox
• The Big Money Bets on Obamacare - Paul Krugman