Links 6 May 2013

Global Macro/Markets:

• Keynes, Keynesians, the Long Run, and Fiscal Policy – New York Times
• Economic View – What Would Keynes Have Done? – New York Times
• The Layman’s Case Against Austerity – neweconomicperspectives.org

North America:

• Housing Starts and the Unemployment Rate – Calculated Risk
• Jobs report pushes stocks to record high – NY Post
• Why America’s population density is falling – Reuters

Europe:

• Smile if you’re European – Financial Times
• Things are going according to plan… in Italy & Germany – True Economics
• ‘Worst is over’ claims Greece ahead of IMF health check – The Telegraph
• Double dip? The UK economy is lurching in and out of potholes – The Guardian
• Europe’s economic winter continues – The Economist

Asia:

• China Home Prices Threaten Stability – Business Insider

Local:

• Abbott must explain tax to GDP pledge. BS
• Treasury cuts growth forecast. AFR

Other:

• Live Blog: Berkshire Hathaway’s 2013 Shareholder Meeting – New York Times
• Unemployment in the Age of Capital Abundance – macrofugue.com
• An Economic Cure for Pandemics – New York Times
• Contrasting Views of the Great Depression – YouTube
• Blowing In The Wind: Is Global Warming Over? – econospeak.blogspot.com
• The third lever of macroeconomics: credit policy – The Economist
• Kangaroo nut sacks as souvenirs? – ABC