December 3, 2009 10:37AM 

# Thursday Links 

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- [A few questions for Ben Bernanke](http://bit.ly/4qi908): “Perhaps the most important question Bernanke should answer is: how will he re-build and maintain an independent Fed?”

- Before considering Bernanke’s role in containing the financial crisis, Congress should[ investigate the role of Fed policy in allowing the housing bubble to grow.](http://bit.ly/8VTlV1)

- [Prepare to pay more](http://bit.ly/7xCRCU): Today, an average insurance policy can cost about $2,985 for an individual or $6,328 for a family. Under the Senate bill, those premiums will increase to $5,800 for an individual worker and $15,200 for a family plan by 2016.

- Why the White House “jobs summit” is [unnecessary.](http://bit.ly/8WCxIf)

- Made on Earth: How global economic integration [renders trade policy obsolete.](http://bit.ly/8GiYRK)

- Podcast: “[ObamaCare the Budget Buster](http://bit.ly/5uo58m).” More, [here](http://bit.ly/6OlXID).

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