Assorted links
2. Via Arnold Kling (do read his new book), Presidential cabinets: prior private sector experience.
4. Via Bruce Bartlett, French government still paying off a 1738 annuity.
5. Conspicuous consumption in the Congo, here and here (click through).
6. The fifty most interesting Wikipedia articles?
7. The great Robert Trivers on self-deception (one hour lecture).