Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):

Economics and the Financial Crisis

• Capitalism After the Crisis, by Luigi Zingales

Professor Zingales’ essay is compelling and provocative, and has motivated me to order his new book (with Raghuram G. Rajan) entitled Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists.

• What We’ve Learned: Incentives Matter, Even to the Irrational, by Casey Mulligan

New York Times: “The fundamental result of economics is that incentives matter. These laws of economics constrain public policy dreams, but show no signs of bending or breaking.”

• The Fed Can’t Monitor ‘Systemic Risk’, by Peter Wallison

Wall Street Journal: “That’s like asking a thief to police himself.”

Education

• What the Public Thinks of Public Schools, by Paul Peterson

Wall Street Journal: “High-school graduation rates are lower today than in 1970.”

Fiscal Policy

• The Exploding Deficit Reaches $1.4 Trillion, by Donald Marron

Health Care Reform

• A Bipartisan Plan to Wreck the System, by Holman Jenkins

Wall Street Journal: “The health-care address President Obama should really give to Congress.”