Assorted links

by Tyler Cowen July 18, 2014 at 11:36 am

1. Walrasian markets for beer, or marketing gimmick? And secret markets in everything, for broke and desperate athletes. Details on Kindle Unlimited.

2. Claims about Danes (speculative).

3. The argument that Chinese shadow banking just isn’t that risky.

4. Mobile showers for the homeless.

5. The new family robot?

6. “Will the Israeli government attempt “lower the mean, increase the variance” strategies?” The reference is from this MR post.