Stuff I've Read Today

WSJ: Obama increases lead over McCain. WSJ on the messy state of the real estate market in California. WSJ: now the problem with credit cards. WSJ: economist Rubin argues that Obama is dangerous to economic freedom (Caplan hopes he isn't). WSJ: China's economic pain is worse than most expected (not to my surprise). WSJ on high school dropout city champions. WSJ on why performance reviews stink (and I concur). WSJ: "Bernanke endorses Obama" by supporting his fiscal stimulus plan. The Chronicle of Higher Education on college dropouts (HT Selva Brasilis). Mankiw: fewer and fewer people are paying income tax. Tabarrok and Levitt on Heckman's bizarre behavior. Caplan on messianism. Selgin on "Planet of the Apes" and the bailout (HT Boudreaux). Perry: dollar keeps climbing. Sorman on IMF's Strauss Kahn scandal (in French).