Assorted links
1. One way of measuring structural shifts.
2. The culture that is German, they sold condoms in the Bundestag (in German), though now no more.
3. Debt ceiling games throughout the ages.
4. Coverage from Guinea (in French); the maid is described as a nice person. And “His most recent book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, discusses political and cultural affairs as an ongoing battle against the inhumane.” The Germans give the most detail.
5. The inefficiency of urban sorting?
6. Lengthy 2005 interview with Milton Friedman at 93 (Charlie Rose). Fascinating.