Best of the Week: August 29 - Saturday 4, 2010

10. The Effects of Immigrants on U.S. Employment and Productivity -- Giovanni Peri
9. Don't Worry About a Bubble in U.S. Government Bonds -- Daniel Gross
8. Al-Qaida in Yemen: Poverty, Corruption, and an Army of Jihadis Willing to Fight and Shabwa: Blood Feuds and Hospitality in al-Qaida's Yemen Outpost -- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
7. Ahmadi and Friends -- Hooman Majd
6. Why Cheaper Money Won't Mean More Jobs -- Robert Reich and The Path to a High-Wage Society -- Peter Dreier
5. Making Social Security Less Generous Isn't the Answer -- Ezra Klein
4. The Limits of Force as an Instrument of Foreign Policy -- Shireen T. Hunter, Diary -- Jonathan Steele, Why Do Wars of Choice Last So Long? -- Stephen M. Walt, and Flying the Flag, Faking the News -- John Pilger
3. Economic Consequences of Speculative Side Bets: The Case of Naked CDS -- Yeon-Koo Che & Rajiv Sethi and Central Clearing and Systemic Risk -- Ilya Podolyako
2. Recovery Act: How Obama's Stimulus Is Changing America -- Michael Grunwald
1. Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury -- Michael Joseph Gross
BONUS: "I Was Wrong Again!" What Ben Bernanke Meant to Say -- Andrew Leonard