Thursday assorted links

1. Jeff VanderMeer has a very interesting and smart favorite fiction of 2014 list.

2. Does the Super Bowl require subsidized insurance?

3. There is no great sports stagnation (short video).

4. Economic divergence of China and Japan?

5. Cataloging various development successes and failures.

6. Is YouTube becoming the dominant media source?

7. 1972 Harvard Crimson profile of Judith Sklar, fascinating along multiple dimensions.