Thursday assorted links
1. The Sahara was once the most dangerous place on earth, and why were there so many carnivorous relative to plant-eating dinosaurs and was that a paradox (Correct link here).
2. This guy documents product placement.
3. Good John Cochrane post about university finances and endowments in particular.
4. Words from Holman Jenkins (WSJ): “Please, if you are a journalist reporting on these matters and can’t understand “flatten the curve” as a multivariate proposition, leave the profession. You are what economists call a “negative marginal product” employee. Your nonparticipation would add value. Your participation subtracts it.”
6. Netflix will make another season of Borgen.
7. Swedish public opinion. And Swedes deter park visitors with horse manure.
8. What can we learn from other coronaviruses?
9. Why so many asymptomatic cases in prison? And more heterogeneities: why are eastern European death rates so low?