Sunday Links

-- NYT roundtable on Basel III.

-- Michael Lewis goes to California.

-- Long interview with Daron Acemoglu, on a number of topics.

-- Economist special report on shifting of economic activity from west to east.

-- Opening statement of Firedoglake book salon on Chinn/Frieden's Lost Decades.

-- The attempt to collect and publish in one place accurate data on the graduation and placement rates of poli sci departments. I fully support this, and hope UNC gets on board soon.