Assorted Links

1. Krugam says crisis is hitting those US states hardest that didn’t have a housing bubble:-) MR shares his thoughts as well

2. Krugman seperates the wheat from the chaff on fiscal stimulus. Mankiw raises basic questions with fiscal stimulus

3. Roth advices on what should economists study

4. PSD Blog points in Russia smileys have been trademarked!

5. CTB points trade barriers increasing.

6. Econbrowser has an excellent post on Fed’s balance sheet

7. TTR points to forecasts and oil prices

8. IDB asks a question which this paper had asked long back