Weekend Reading - 4/29

Labor Mobility in the Eurozone:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/world/europe/germany-looks-to-southern-europe-to-fill-jobs.html

C. Romer on the Eurozone Fiscal Austerity Debate

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/business/austerity-is-no-quick-answer-for-europe-economic-view.html

Black Scholes Formula

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17866646

Global Flow of Worker Remittances

http://www.economist.com/node/21553458

US Economic and Policy Issues

Diamond and Saez on Optimal Taxation

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577353843997820160.html

The Cost of a Complicated Tax System

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577362050670738024.html

Fed Forecasts – Too Much of a Good Thing?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24/fed-s-17-rate-forecasts-may-confuse-more-than-clarify.html

The Failure of Lehman Brothers

History Lessons

Valuable Lessons in Economic History

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-18/how-new-york-lost-the-apparel-business.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-20/origins-of-the-indebted-american-homeowner.html

Miscellaneous Items

The Best Paying College Majors:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/04/17/which-college-majors-pay-best/

Reverse Brain Drain:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/us/more-us-children-of-immigrants-are-leaving-us.html

Front-page Coverage for two French Economists

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/business/for-economists-saez-and-piketty-the-buffett-rule-is-just-a-start.html

The Secret Behind Germany’s Economic Success

The Long Run - Economic and Energy Related Challenges

Walter Russell Mead Considers the Future

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/04/04/a-crisis-of-civilization/

What if Gulf Oil Producers Started Consuming More of their Oil Production (Instead of Exporting It)

http://www.economist.com/node/21551484

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On Economic Development:

Micro versus Macro Driven Economic Development – The Choice of World Bank President

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/bhagwati/