links for 2011-09-22

• Must We Act As If They Mean What They Say? (What did I mean when I said that?) — Crooked Timber
  (tags: political discourse rhetoric philosophy boldvoices liberal obama)
• Class warfare, Elizabeth Warren style – The Plum Line – The Washington Post
  I wish she would have made a primary run against Obama…
  (tags: economy economics politics warren elizabeth massachusets america obama education liberal democrat scott brown senate public policy boldvoices)
• The Peak Oil Crisis: The German Army Report | Falls Church News-Press Online
  German Army study foresees: 1. increasing oil prices that will reduce consumption and economic output (i.e. a recession or worse); 2. increasing transportation costs that will lead to lower trade volumes – less income for many and unaffordable food for some (cost-push inflation); and 3. pressure on government budgets
  (tags: peak oil peakoil energy obama politics public policy germany army study economy economics)
• The Great Bank Robbery – Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Spitznagel – Project Syndicate
  In other words, banks take risks, get paid for the upside, and then transfer the downside to shareholders, taxpayers, and even retirees.
  (tags: economy economics politics finance investment public policy boldvoices banks retire bonds sticks money pension hedge fund wall street)
• Light from a water bottle could brighten millions of poor homes (w/ video)
  (tags: physics science light poverty help innovation energy news environment)
• EconoMonitor : Dan Alpert's Two Cents » Dear Paul (Krugman) Letter: Inflation Would be Dandy – But Try to Make it Happen
  Fiscal intervention targeted at employment is the only tool left in the box. I agree, it is the only tool left and we must use it.
  (tags: economy economics finance money inflation disinflation deflation prices fiscal stimulus obama deficit boldvoices public policy)