- Conflicts of interest in economic research Fabo, et. al, NBER
- In the dragon’s shadow Frank Beyer, Asian Review of Books
- 2020 is a black comedy Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion
- The risk of creeping Apartheid? Chris Bertram, Guardian
Apartheid
Nightcap
- The coming automation of propaganda Adkins & Hibbard, War on the Rocks
- It’s been 25 years since Apartheid ended Zeb Larson, Origins
- Protest is not enough to topple a dictator Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, Aeon
- In defense of 1980s British pop music Sophie Ratcliffe, 1843
Nightcap
- Hanukkah’s Celebration of Assimilation Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- How apartheid poisoned the world Peter Hain, Spectator
- A new understanding of human fragility and wholeness Stefanos Geroulanos, Aeon
- GM vs. Tariff Man Shikha Dalmia, the Week
Around the Web
- The Globalization of Apartheid from anthropologist Keith Hart. I have a critique (as well as lots of praise) in process.
- Kapital for the Twenty-First Century: A review of Thomas Piketty’s new book by James K Galbraith.
- The Many Problems with “Equal Pay”: Legal scholar Richard Epstein brings his usually clarity to the table
- Taxes Are Much Higher Than You Think: A great op-ed from Nobel Prize winner Edward Prescott and UCLA economist Lee Ohanian in the Wall Street Journal
- An open letter to President Obama from a prominent center-Left economist (and Democratic Party member): Give Us Back Our Statistical Data
- Scratching the Surface: Some proposals for campaign finance reform from a law professor guest blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy
