Morning Caffeine 4-20-2012

Many of todays links are from my friend Kris!

• Econbrowser: A ban on oil speculation?

• Digital Currency Ends Recessions

• Greg Mankiw Wrong On The Internet

  Nobody lives there any more – its too crowded. 

• Asymptosis » Encouraging Deadly Financial Viruses

• Buttonwood: Feeling peaky | The Economist

• Noam Scheiber: From Hardball To Hope | The New Republic

  The relative civility came to a clear end this month, however, when Obama turned up at an Associated Press luncheon and proceeded to lacerate the GOP over the handiwork of Representative Paul Ryan, whose budget proposal the House had recently passed.

• Jesse’s Café Américain: A Study On Speculation in the OIl Market For Those Economists Who Have Apparently Not Seen It

• The Center of the Universe » Blog Archive » Fiscal and monetary policy in a liquidity trap

  tags: universe Mosler

• *Land of Promise* — Marginal Revolution

• Brazil Pres: Monetary Easing w/o Fiscal Stimulus ‘Harmful’ | MNI

• Interest rates

  Brazil Cuts rates again. Second time in 6 weeks. 

• The Case For Concerted Action: Post Keynesian Ideas For A Crisis That Conventional Remedies Cannot Resolve

  wow. Thanks Ramanan

• http://web.mit.edu/alo/www/Papers/physics8.pdf

  A nerdy take on risk management, if that’s even possible for something to be nerdier than plain ol’ risk management. 

• Noahpinion: DSGE vs. Weather Forecasting

  XKCD

• Cat Waits At Bus Stop, Rides the Bus Routinely | Care2 Causes

• sweets / Preheat oven to 350; smoosh 1.5 squares of break-apart refrigerated cookie dough into the bottom of each well. Place Reese cup upside down on top of cookie dough (or an Oreo!). Top with prepared box brownie mix, filling 3/4 full. Bake for 18 minu

  Looks pretty yummy. Could be even better with home made cookies and brownies. 

• Austrian village F—ing to vote on name change – Telegraph

  h/t JP

  tags: Humor

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.