In praise of folly

Why poverty and famines are almost never a supply problem – it is equally possible for starvation to develop in countries flush with fertile arable land, as in Zimbabwe now –  but an economic and entitlement problem

Surely you’re joking…

Try to teach like that, if you can.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Some of us were born (almost) with Powers of Ten. Some grew up with an astronomy book – I still have one given to me by an engineer cousin.

It’s comforting that the guys at Google continue to let their inner child out.

Google Earth Sky 

Cracking a nut with a sledgehammer

Alex Tabarrok of Marginal Revolution on how to read and apply the First Theorem of Welfare Economics.