Interesting blog bits

1. The visible hand in economics asks Are economists allowing us to wander towards the Great Depression II
2. A speech by Roger Kerr on Moral Markets (pdf).
3. Economic Logic on What is a CEO worth?
4. Thomas Sowell on Bailout Politics.
5. Lynne Kiesling on More definitive evidence that property rights improve fishing yields and sustainability.
6. Peter Klein on Teaching Economics through Cinema.
7. Barry Eichengreen on And now the Great Depression.

   The Paulson Plan, whatever its final form, will not end the crisis quickly. Unemployment will rise but will the most serious credit crisis since the Great Depression bring about a new depression? Here one of the world’s leading economic historians identifies the relevant Great-Depression lessons. We won’t see 25% unemployment as in the 1930s, but double digits are not out of the question