Freakonomics 2.0

1. Dubner describes the forthcoming revised edition of the book.

2. Commentary on the recent and apparently pro-market Swedish elections.

3. The World Chess championship match starts Saturday in Kalmykia, Europe’s only Buddhist republic.  Here is one very good analysis of the players.

4. Hal Varian on the county-specific theory of American income inequality; the high-tech boom seems to play a big role.