links for 2011-07-25

links for 2011-07-25: "

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  This Is Considered Punishment? - Joe Nocera
  
  


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  UCSB scholars study the evolution of human generosity - EurekAlert
  
  


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  Help-Wanted Ads Exclude the Long-Term Jobless - NYTimes.com
  
  


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  Scientists discover tipping point for the spread of ideas - EurekAlert
  
  


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  Maximum Likelihod Estimation is Invariably Good! - Dave Giles
  
  


• The Vanishing U.S.-E.U. Employment Gap - Liberty Street


• Did global imbalances cause the financial crisis?- Vox EU


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  Social explanation and causal mechanisms - Dan Little
  
  


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  Abraham Lincoln on the Debt Ceiling Crisis - Paul Krugman
  
  


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  The Perverse Politics of Financial Crisis - Luigi Zingales
  
  


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  The Future of Economic Growth - Dani Rodrik
  
  


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  Bad belt-tightening metaphors - Richard Green
  
  


• Washington is About to Make the Jobs Crisis Worse - Robert Reich


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  Third party hype: Thomas Friedman redux - Brendan Nyhan
  
  

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