Monday assorted links
1. Do fertility-boosting genes also shorten expected lifespan? (NYT)
2. An economic theory of the Manila to Mexico galleons and their shipwrecks.
3. How stable is the offense-defense balance in history?
4. Alas David Colander, economist at Middlebury, has passed away.
5. Quantum-computing approach uses single molecules as qubits for first time.