Links for 12-15-14

• Deficits, Mediamacro and Popular Opinion - mainly macro
• Inequality and Work in the Second Machine Age - Henning Meyer
• Gas prices are going up, but it's a small price to pay - Severin Borenstein
• Oil prices as an indicator of global economic conditions - Econbrowser
• US investment, discounted profits and irrational exuberance - Angry Bear
• How Gary Becker saw the scourge of discrimination - owenzidar
• The Devalued American Worker - The Washington Post
• The News-World Federalists - Economic Principals
• Intelligentsia in power - Branko Milanovic
• FTPL: a federal or provincial issue? - Nick Rowe
• The Rotterdam Model - Dave Giles
• The dark side of the oil shock - Gavyn Davies
• Torture and TV - EconoSpeak
• Petrothoughts - Paul Krugman