Assorted links

1. Scott Sumner on his economic method (with a passing mention of ngdp).

2. Do French kids snack?

3. How much does deleveraging matter?: a U.S.-UK comparison.  And is the UK price behavior just due to the VAT?

4. Man’s best friend?  Maybe Argentina can export these dogs to Spain soon, and what’s all this about the Michael Jensen/Werner Erhard connection?

5. Is the health care cost curve finally bending?