Assorted links

1. How the Dismal Science Got Its Name, by David M. Levy, excellent book now available with free download at the link.  Here is .

2. Soccer as an economic experiment.

3. Excellent Tom Gallagher piece on Scottish independence.

4. Hacker and Pierson on the decline of the Downsian vision (pdf)

5. A nanosat (small satellite) might be only a four-inch cube.

6. Excellent profile of Ken Regan and his campaign against cheating in chess, by using computer programs to detect play which is too good.  But this is not merely a chess piece, think of it as a tour de force on the future of law enforcement, the role of Black Swans in life, the importance of social networks, and the different ways that humans organize information.

7. The political economy of special economic zones.

ut this is not mainly an article about chess.  Think of it as a tour de force on the future of law enforcement, the role of coincidence in human life, the possibility of Black Swans, the importance of social networks, and the different ways that human beings organize information.  – See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/?p=6341...
ut this is not mainly an article about chess.  Think of it as a tour de force on the future of law enforcement, the role of coincidence in human life, the possibility of Black Swans, the importance of social networks, and the different ways that human beings organize information.  – See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/?p=6341...

But this is not mainly an article about chess.  Think of it as a tour de force on the future of law enforcement, the role of coincidence in human life, the possibility of Black Swans, the importance of social networks, and the different ways that human beings organize information. – See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/?p=6341...
But this is not mainly an article about chess.  Think of it as a tour de force on the future of law enforcement, the role of coincidence in human life, the possibility of Black Swans, the importance of social networks, and the different ways that human beings organize information. – See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/?p=6341...