Assorted links

1. MIE: bunny cafes.  And the complete guide to getting into an economics Ph.d. program.

2. The hard life of celebrity elephants.

3. To what extent do macro conditions predict health care spending?

4. The psychology of accepting GMO foods.:”…the experimenters discovered that if a product was perceived as more necessary—butter, for instance, as opposed to fish fingers—people were more willing to accept genetically modified alternatives.”

5. Efficiency wages for military contractors are gone, by Charles Stross.

6. Henry on the Nick Turse book on Vietnam.