Some of What I Found Worth Noting: June 13, 2012

1. Why Romney’s “repeal and replace” plan for Obamacare would fail millions of Americans

2. Visual History of Financial Crises from 1810 to 2010

3. Safety Not Guaranteed

4. https://www.coursera.org/course/healthpolicy

5. Mark Thoma: Did Income inequality Contribute to the Great Recession?

6. Frank Longford: At one point Molotov asked me, always, of course, through the interpreter, and very courteously: “Have you studied Karl Marx, Lord Pakenham?” (as I then called myself) I replied: “Yes, I used to lecture on Karl Marx as a university teacher, but I am afraid that I am not a Marxist.” Then Molotov (still very courteous) said: “I could hardly expect to find a good Marxist in the House of Lords.” Ernie Bevin had listened long enough: “That’s where you are wrong, Mr Molotov — the House of Lords are the only people in England who have got time to read Karl Marx.” Molotov then said: “Mr Bevin should study the works of Marx in the commentary of Hilferding.” Ernie Bevin knew the answer to that one: “I have read Hilferding and I have found him tedious.”