Assorted links

1. Obituary for David S. Landes.

2. The case that China has escaped the worst.

3. Joel Mokyr on whether technological progress is a thing of the past, and related interesting comments over at Mark Thoma’s.

4. Dean Yang’s reading list for development economics (pdf).

5. Accessing a quantum chip through the internet, and the supermarket moves beyond the great stagnation.

6. Breaking down labor’s declining share.

7. How Emir Kamenica got into college.  And are tenure-track professors better teachers?  (No, it seems.)