Here is a Monday morning list of very helpful and important articles and commentaries from around the online economic debate world:
- PPIP put on ice
- Krugman and Ferguson square off on bond interest rates—for what it is worth I think that they are both right
- White House appoints Kenneth Feinberg corporate Compensation Czar
- Federal Reserve on the way to reporting its first loss in history
- Steve Moore discusses how Milton Friedman would have viewed the current crisis; He also cites Rose Friedman as recently saying, "we are seeing the death of common sense"
- TARP governor nominee says program needs $100 billion rainy day fund
- Richard Posner on the future of the economy
- A fascinating interview with Christina Romer on the progressive economic value of health care
- GOP Plan to Slash $375 billion from Federal budget
- Scary numbers on the economy: in the past 10 years we have added 30 million people but only 7 million jobs and have doubled the unemployment rate—if only the government wouldn't create disincentives for private capital to invest in the economy...
- Greg Mankiw: "Public Option" healthcare could do significant harm