Fighting the liquidity trap???

The funniest take so far - but read it twice, or think it over - goes a long way into "how absurd is money" (and at the same time how would we do without it...)?

THROW MONEY OUT OF HELICOPTERS

(hat tip: the Economist's Free Exchange blog, as so often, a great source!)

Economics, crisis etc. - a few links

To celebrate getting (slowly) back to blogging, a few good links:

- Matt Yglesias on the use of regulation vs. the use of direct government intervention to reduce inequality

- two takes on what else than massive gov't spending one can do to tackle the crisis - I mostly like this one, but that one is also interesting

- on the right use of the word "liberal" and "liberalism" - I love this one, really