Assorted links
1. Switzerland had a twenty standard deviations event. And here is Scott on the Swiss unlimited pledge, a real test of credibility theories.
2. Fairness games, at the cost of $8,000 or more.
4. David Leonhardt on infrastructure, circa 2008.
6. Irish debt crisis may be less severe than estimated, the paper is here, Irish commentary here, some pointed reservations but still Irish austerity continues to outperform the expectations of its critics across a variety of data points.