today's fun economics links

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/magazine/16GDP-t.html - The Rise and Fall of the G.D.P.
http://projects.propublica.org/stimulus-speed-chart/
http://projects.propublica.org/tables/stimulus-spending-progress
http://www.slate.com/id/2202165/
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/people/hal/NYTimes/2003-06-04.html
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/federal-reserve-balance-sheet-update-week-september-29
http://www.albany.edu/~mirer/eco110/pow.html