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Assorted links

1. Anti-Gangnam markets in everything.

2. Some remaining problems for self-driving cars (temporary road signs, snow, going in reverse).

3. Swedish lunch egalitarianism, and some policy lessons from Sweden.

4. Draft version of new Jeff Hummel book on war as the health of the state.

5. Monsanto seed patent case to get Supreme Court review, lots at stake here.

6. Bloggers and economists are failing on immigration.

Assorted links

1. Three frank questions about your research.

2. NYU Stern School now has some class macro materials on-line, and some short Jeff Ely videos on microeconomics.

3. The backlash against foodies, and the Swiss are at the Ricardian margin with cows.  No SMS in Romansch?  But is it art?

4. The new approach of Jeffrey Sachs and the UN to sustainable development.

5. Pakistan in the past, with photos.

6. My earlier post on how to improve the Presidential debates.

Assorted links

1. The reality vs. the rhetoric, multiple lessons in this one.

2. John Fahey documentary (trailer) on the way (Kickstarter funded), and on YouTube here is Fahey’s Poor Boy.

3. Stephanie Coontz tries to rebut claims of male decline (though I don’t think she quite confronts the “matching model” being used here).

4. The economics of video games.

5. The 2012 Gramophone Award winners.

6. Venkatesh on community policing.

Assorted links

1. “Warum schon die deutsche Einheit ein Fehler war,” from the excellent Wolfgang Münchau.

2. The Daily Mail on whether economics and finance students have more sex.  Guess which major offers and indeed creates (supposedly) the most promiscuous students?  The least promiscuous are majors in philosophy, education, and earth sciences, or so we are told.  Caveat emptor.

3. Lady Gaga markets in everything very negative restaurant review.

4. A more optimistic measurement of Spanish deposit flight.

5. Jazz-singing robots, and the electronic implants that dissolve inside your body.

6. Profile of new GMU President.