Friday assorted links
1. Five Karl Polanyi lectures from 1940.
2. The plans to guarantee everyone a job.
4. The evolution of women’s stock photos (NYT).
5. Catalonia’s insurrection day (a quick read will offer numerous reasons to be skeptical of this initiative).
6. Why Germany did so well from the China shock.
7. Will North Korea end up as China’s thorn? (NYT) Is there a scenario where North Korea rationally uses nuclear weapons first?