Assorted links
1. “A small number of humans have virtually no constraints on their decision-making, and Reid is one of them.” The post includes sixteen lessons learned, mostly I agree.
2. Why labor force participation is still so low.
3. Have we reached peak economist? Here is a pouty (but interesting) response from a sociologist.
4. Naipaul and Theroux bury the hatchet. Sir Vidia’s Shadow is another of my all-time favorite books.
5. Why is India so crazy for world records?
6. Infrastructure quality and the subsidy trap (pdf), important piece, gated AER version here. Central Park now and then, photos.
7. “Some of them are Sufi mystics.” Are we back to having two Yemens?