Tuesday assorted links

1. “But actually, the factors behind why roughly 3,500 Swedes have had microchips implanted in them are more complex than you might expect.”

2. “…the effective marginal tax rate when a person moves from the bottom to the middle quintile is 1 – (15.4-12.9)/(12.6-2.2), or 76 percent.” [with qualifications]

3. Which NBA announcer will be able to say “Abudushalamu Abudurexiti”?

4. Mothers do not in general anticipate the employment effects of motherhood.

5. My colleague Jim Olds is blogging again.

6. Red Hen restaurants around the world are being blamed, even if they are closed or located in the Philippines.  Talk about mood affiliation!  And as always, civility remains underrated.