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Econlinks

“If the Obama administration fails to revive the economy, will it be because Summers is too influential over economic policy, or not influential enough?”

How much capsaicin would you like/can you stand?

Sunday morning econlinks

Incentives and globalization, a brief but very interesting interview with Luis Garicano. Topics tackled here are CEOs, football, and…everything else.

Geography of the recession in the USA. Thanks to Fred for the link!

Kevin Murphy Fan Club

I had already a quote for this week, so the following will be the quote for the weekend:

Kevin Murphy holds comparative advantage in all forms of production.

Read all 10 top facts about Kevin Murphy :-).

Econlinks for the weekend

NYU Stern business school economists on the crisis, pinning down the real causes much to the same factors as Caballero did (1st bullet point). The book they advertise will certainly be widely read.

Broccoli, pornography, and Kant

Very interesting and well done Hoover Institute review by Mary Eberstadt, “Is Food the New Sex?“, though my feeling is that Economics would have way better tools to address the questions raised here than Philosophy, Kantian categorical imperative notwithstanding…

Thanks to Fred for the link!