Assorted links

1. Google finds it hard to reinvent philanthropy.

2. WSJ coverage of The Great Stagnation; "…in terms of framing the dialogue Tyler Cowen may very well turn out to be this decade’s Thomas Friedman."

3. Can schools teach meta-cognition?

4. Could some British real marginal rates of taxation rise to 70-83 percent?

5. Via Tim Harford, analysis of proposed NHS reforms, and sources for following Egypt.

6. Will high-speed rail worsen traffic in China?

7. Ezra Klein reviews TGS.  And here is Karl Smith.