Assorted links

1. Why is the college wage premium robust?

2. John Gray on the “rackety life” of Michael Oakeshott.

3. Seven reasons not to write novels and only one reason to write them, by Javier Marias.  Does this apply to non-fiction books as well?

4. Interview with William Vollmann.

5. Finding the most beautiful route across a city.

6. Guardian list of best books of 2014 (not my list).