Monday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen January 5, 2015 at 11:53 am

1. “I became a statistician because I was put in prison.”

2. Profile of Isabel Sawhill on marriage.

3. Drones vs. mosquitos.

4. A Rust Belt theory of low cost high culture.

5. Reddit thread on which American customs seem outrageous or pointless.

6. How to politely (?) end a conversation, the science thereof.

7. Malcolm Gladwell reviews America’s Bitter Pill, on ACA.

8. Eric Posner responds on quadratic voting.

9. Jeff Sachs on Krugman and austerity.