Friday assorted links

1. The world’s largest employers.

2. Rates of return seem to be falling.

3. ” I think it’s fair to say he doesn’t have any argument against my claim, because there are no good arguments against my claim.”  I agree.

4. Ben Casnocha on my dialogues with Thiel and Sachs.

5. Why various Republican proposals would make the problems with Obamacare worse.

6. More on Alice Goffman.

7. Virginia Postrel has further detail on the Paulson grant to Harvard.

8. William Upton on Kansas fiscal policy.  And what is the nature of Rand Paul’s tax plan?