Friday assorted links

1. “With a database of 33 929 individual observations, the findings show that Spaniards who left the country to settle in the Spanish territories were positively self-selected. Additionally, differences are observed in the human capital of those who chose to settle in Mexico, who had a higher level of numeracy, than those who chose Peru.”  Link here.

2. Jason Furman on why we didn’t have a recession.

3. “Using individual policy preferences, we show that counties with more individuals holding populist attitudes today are associated with counties voting more populist in the 1890s.”

4. More on reading ancient scrolls.  From the great Casey Handmer.

5. Very bad markets in everything.  And is there a neo-Nazi resurgence in southern Brazil? (FT).