1. Krugman points to his research on role of gold, money multipliers in Great Depression. He also points
magazine cover indicator: when you see a corporate chieftain on the cover of a glossy magazine, short the stock. Presumably the same effect applies to, say, economists!!
2. TTR points to a new job for Plan Com Chief- MSA
3. ACB points should we dump the Rajan and Mistry reports?
4. Urbanomics has some interesting posts on financial regulation – one and two
5. Nudge points Thaler and Sunstein on Time’s top 100 list.
6. Macroblog on Geithner’s bank-fix plan
7. Mankiw points Zimbabwe’s inflation now depends on Bernanke. He also points to young star econs list.
8. FCB points to new research from Fama/French which shows index funds still rule
9. Zingales (via IGMB) saysGeithner plan is a flop
10. Econb has excellent posts – Fed Monetary Base and Fed Balance Sheet
