Interesting blog bits

1. Robert Higgs points out that Every Crisis Becomes a Carnival of Opportunism.
2. Richard Posner on The Controversy over the Milton Friedman Institute.
3. Gary Becker gives some Observations on the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago.
4. The Visible hand in economics on Private prisons: National’s policy and “the proper scope of government”.
5. Arnold Kling on Central Bankers and History.
6. Greg Mankiw on The Best Book Promo of All Time
7. The Visible hand in economics on Providing a “capital injection” for households?