Sunday assorted links

1. The case for wooden skyscrapers.  And what is trending in Korean beauty?

2. Is the poverty rate rising for elderly Germans?

3. Noah Smith responds to me on parental leave; he doesn’t say if he also favors policies discouraging female labor supply to help keep families together.

4. How Britain might reform its National Health Service.

5. The Earned Income Tax Credit may be a better and more cost effect medical intervention than most medical interventions themselves.

6. The Uber deal with Quebec: among other features, surge pricing is capped at 1.5x.