links for 2010-10-28

Global imbalances: German surplus good, Chinese surplus bad | The Economist







Sailing the Wrong Way with QE2? - NYTimes.com







iMovie '11 Video Software Review | Macworld







Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure







Shape-Shifting Deficit Hawks « The Baseline Scenario







Hayek Quotes of the Day «  Modeled Behavior







Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: A self-contradictory communications strategy







FT.com / Comment / Op-Ed Columnists - Why US voters are suing Dr Obama







Academic prestige has some social value — Crooked Timber







David Frum: Time to put Obama to the Bush test | Full Comment | National Post

@delong The tables have been turned, what are we to do? http://bit.ly/c4xbRx

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Zero-dimensional chess — Crooked Timber







Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses - NYTimes.com







The Wrong Political Game | The American Prospect







Yglesias » Our Heated Discourse







Yglesias » The Mighty Talons of the Climate Hawks















The Ultimate in Non-Apology Apologies - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic







The Worst Economist In The World, 10/27/10 - NYTimes.com







Martin Wolf On Obama - NYTimes.com







Climate change: the evidence | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine







The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : What's the #1 most crazy idea Steve Ballmer has ever heard?







Male castration: The easiest way to live to 100? - The Week







Hullabaloo







Sheryl Sandberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia







The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT - Salon.com Mobile