Assorted links

1. Prose vs. poetry in the culture that is Russia.  And why did Uzbeki growth go so well? (pdf)

2. Two new poems by Sappho (pdf)?

3. Silver service vs. butler service.

4. A summary of Obama’s MyRA proposal.

5. The hidden hierarchy of (some) string quartets.

6. Arnold Kling’s new macro book (free, I like it very much).