U.S. economy
Progressive conditions for a bailout, by Dean Baker
Why the bailout?, by Bruce Bartlett (via Brad DeLong)
Understanding the three ways of dealing with financial crises, by Brad DeLong
Lessons from the Great Depression, by Barry Eichengreen
Financial rescue models: solutions past and present, Financial Times
Does the financial crisis threaten your job?, by Alan Krueger
Cash for trash, by Paul Krugman
Washington’s invisible hand, by David Leonhardt
Stopping a financial crisis, the Swedish way, New York Times
What Wall St. should be required to do to get a blank check from Main St., by Robert Reich
Where did we go wrong?, by Dani Rodrik
Everybody calm down: a government hand in the economy is as old as the republic, by Robert Shiller
Taxpayers can still benefit from a bailout, by Lawrence Summers
Public humiliation, by James Surowiecki
Reactions to Monday’s House rejection of the bailout plan, by Mark Thoma
Worst crisis since ’30s, with no end yet in sight yet, Wall Street Journal
U.S. politics
Having a beer, by Larry Bartels
Lipstick bungle, by Charles Blow
On strategy and tactics, by James Fallows (via Josh Marshall)
The bailout debate and partisan realignment, by Henry Farrell
What does it take to define away the statistics showing superior economic performance under Democratic presidents?, by Jeffrey Frankel
Obama recovery across red, yellow, and blue states, by Charles Franklin
An open letter to Barack Obama, by William Galston
Popular governor of a small state, by Andrew Gelman
Why it matters: McCain vs. Obama and the problems of the American economy, by Reed Hundt
The resentment strategy, by Paul Krugman
Do more unequal places tend to vote for Democrats?, by Jim Manzi (via Andrew Gelman)
Obama and the closing of the American dream, by Aziz Rana (via Shawn Fremstad)
Are you better off now than you were eight years ago?, by John Schmitt and Hye Jin Rho
John McCain’s “big” economic plans, by Mark Thoma
For those of you who are confused, by Michael Tomasky (via Ezra Klein)
Obama’s message deficit, by Jacob Weisberg
Palin is ready? Please, by Fareed Zakaria
Living standards, poverty, inequality, well-being
Medicine for Wall Street: a financial transactions tax, by Dean Baker
401(k)s are not replacing Social Security as the main source of retirement savings, by Dean Baker
How we measure poverty, by Rebecca Blank
Pathways to economic mobility, Economic Mobility Project
Spend it while you can, by Ray Fisman
Congress passes bill with protections for disabled, New York Times
Health care costs increase strain, studies find, New York Times
In bailout furor, Wall St. pay becomes a target, New York Times
Understanding the black-white earnings gap, by William Rodgers
Breaking asset poverty, by Ellen Seidman
Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health, WHO Commission
The natural inequality experiment, by Matt Zeitlin (via Megan McArdle)
Taxes
Regressive taxes and redistribution, by Chris Dillow
Tax cuts on profits, savings, and the wealthy fail to spur economic growth, by Mike Ettlinger and John Irons
Tax-cut snake oil, by Jeffrey Frankel
The McCain tax increases, by Joe Klein (via Matt Yglesias)
Tax plans, by Viveka Weiley
Health care
Why Obama’s health plan is better, by David Cutler, Brad DeLong, and Ann Marie Marciarille
Colder than thou, by Ezra Klein
An examination of the Wyden-Bennett health reform plan, by Edwin Park
Education
Protect our kids from preschool hype, by Christina Satkowski
Cities and transportation
Walkability, by Ryan Avent
Putting America’s transportation system on track, by Paul Weinstein Jr.
Transit and density, by Matthew Yglesias
Environment
And then there was one, by Thomas Friedman
Migration
Migrants to Spain find welcome mat withdrawn, Financial Times
The anti-immigrant movement that failed, Progressive States Network
Abroad
Olivier Blanchard is the IMF’s new chief economist
Can the west save Africa?, by Chris Blattman
A measure of hope, by Paul Collier
The new class struggle: educating girls, by Caroline Daniel
Precarious in Pretoria: Zuma will struggle to fulfill pledges to poor, Financial Times
United less than ever, the world’s nations ponder reform, Financial Times
Spain’s new nationalism, by Simon Kuper
Indonesia’s democratic miracle, by Kishore Mahbubani
The lame left?, by Douglas Muir
Fast food hits Mediterranean; a diet succombs, New York Times
U.N. study finds more women in politics, New York Times
Wage gaps for women frustrating Germany, New York Times
Is export-led growth passé?, by Dani Rodrick
Miscellaneous
Let’s talk about sex, by Charles Blow
Fab four born in soccer’s most fertile week, by Simon Kuper