links for 2009-07-09

• Paul Krugman: The paradox of thrift — for real
• Radley Balko: Andy McCarthy of National Review Cheers on the Commies
• James Hamilton: Back where we started
  BLS reported that the total number of Americans employed in June on nonfarm payrolls came to 131.7 million workers on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's below the June 2000 figure of 131.8 million with which we started the decade.
• Doug Merrill on Gold and Iron, by Fritz Stern
• Justin Fox: Breaking news: Regulators are (re)discovering that maybe speculation CAN be excessive
• Samuelson on Greenspan
  “But the trouble is that he had been an Ayn Rander. You can take the boy out of the cult but you can’t take the cult out of the boy. “
• Alan Greenspan: Economy, Housing Will Rise Together
• Steve Benen: Never Underestimate the GOP Rank and File
  Inexplicably quitting, for less-than-clear reasons, has managed to endear Palin to her party more. Somewhere, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are probably smacking their foreheads, saying, "You've got to be kidding me."
• Topless Robot - Bonus! Rob's Transformers 2 F.A.Q.s!
• Conor Friedersdorf: Sarah Palin's Media Mafia
  Isn’t it actually the case that a good chunk of elite America loves Sarah Palin, or at least is willing to lend rhetorical and financial support to her? Why pretend otherwise?
• Meriwether Said to Shut JWM Hedge Fund After Losses
• Eric Rauchway: ¡Huelga contra WPA!