Links on faith, the economy, mental illness, race, marriage, and octopus venom
Ganeida on what unprogrammed Quaker worship is like.
UUA: “Second Person Intimate” Monday morning meditation.
Commonweal on Stanley Hauerwas as a “theologian’s theologian.”
Daisy Deadhead on her growing appreciation of Buddhism.
A Muslim chaplain does interfaith work.
The Economist talks with Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, on proposed eurozone voting sanctions, the European bank stress test, and whether France has an austerity program.
Only seven of the 91 participating European banks failed the stress test. The German (and German language) magazine manager talks about the market’s reaction to the bank stress test results.
Edward Hugh at A Fistful of Euros on the European bank stress test results.
Felix Salmon on the European bank stress test results.
Also from manager: the largest Indian micro-credit financer seeks more money from the stock market, and Brüderle wants to do away with guarantees that pensions will stay at a certain level.
On crowdfunding (in Greek).
Frank Pasquale of Balkanization on Credit Scoring: Faces at the Bottom of the Bell Curve.
Chris Blattman on Development economics: shaped by the data not the question?
Paul Krugman clarifies his views on the Fed and argues that Keynes works in Asia.
Henry at Crooked Timber discusses Keynes and Germany and Keynesianism as an inadequate substitute for social democracy. The latter piece leads with a quote from Martin Wolf at the Financial Times.
Whatever the rhetoric, I have long considered the US the advanced world’s most Keynesian nation – the one in which government (including the Federal Reserve) is most expected to generate healthy demand at all times, largely because jobs are, in the US, the only safety net for those of working age.
A short documentary on experiencing psychosis.
Genes influence the long term effects of being bullied.
Media coverage of race in Obama’s first year.
Noah Milmann on why he changed his mind about same-sex marriage.
Scientists study Antarctic octopus venom.