links for 2010-04-29

Procopius of Caesarea on the Nika Revolt







Paul Krugman: A Catastrophe Delayed

PK: "I was rereading the spectacularly mistimed Jonung and Drea paper mocking American economists who were skeptical about the euro, and went back to what I wrote in 1998. Here's how I described the ugly American critique: 'Here's how the story has been told: a year or two or three after the introduction of the euro, a recession develops in...