Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

1. Interview with David Garrow. I found this a fascinating piece, one of the best of the year. But it says as much about Garrow as Obama — how you can be that much of a grump? How much “authenticity” do you expect from a president anyway?

2. Does surname diversity imply more innovation?

3. Morris Chang profile (NYT).

4. The distribution of five-star hotels in India.

5. It is great to see Ben Casnocha again, here is his account of when we met in 2006 (“that was then, this is now”).

6. Sílvia Pérez Cruz i Cástor Pérez. And one more.

7. The U.S. government will pay companies (initially a small amount) to remove carbon from the atmosphere.