Assorted links

1. In defense of pink slime.

2. John Cochrane on the mandate, again.

3. Peter Marber’s critique of economic statistics.

4. A jobless recovery means the routine jobs never come back.

5. China markets in everything.

6. The Minerva Project, on-line higher ed., Summers chairs the advisory board.

The King’s Gambit story turns out to be false.