Economics and other matters

Rising early this morning (not intentionally), I indulged myself by going through a long list of bookmarked web sites I’ve been meaning to get to for some time. Before I actually clear them out, here are some you might find of interest.
•The Washington Post looks at the rise in executive pay and economic inequality since the 1950s (I know I’ve linked to this before, but it’s worth doing again).
•Economist Brad deLong explains why deregulating the financial industry seemed such a great idea back in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the government’s current view is that it should ease off prosecuting financial crimes and let Wall Street police itself.
•And when overseas labor gets too expensive, there’s always convicts. Who needs slavery? The Economist touches on the for-profit prison industry here.
•On the plus side, Starbucks employees are organizing.
Other matters:
•The long-term impact of online education.
•This 2006 column on air power seems eerily prescient.
•Glenn Greenwald catches the NYT’s asserting that if the Norwegian attacks weren’t by Muslims, it isn’t really terrorism. Fred Clark discusses Herman Cain’s conviction that all Muslims are anti-American by definition.
•Osama bin Laden’s dead. And there weren’t many al Qaeda in Afghanistan to start with.
•What’s the good of giving the president legal advice?
•This blog post discusses the sexism of anti-VD military campaigns from World War II.
•Pharmacies selling your prescription information is just a form of free speech!
•Isn’t this the sort of thing we went into Libya to stop? I will note that blaming this on the victims (they were Kadaffi Loyalists!) is standards.