Assorted links

by Tyler Cowen on February 14, 2014 at 11:26 am in Uncategorized | Permalink

1. Dan Klein at The Atlantic on the history of the concept of liberalism, and the Scots tradition.

2. Lesser known improvements in the U.S. labor market.  Also, proposed minimum wage hike to cover disabled workers.

3. Tandem-pawn chess, designed to put humans on an equal footing with computers.

4. The “hot hand” idea enjoys a resurgence.

5. Growing economies of scale in Bitcoin mining.

6. How a Pandora lawsuit may overturn the economics of the music industry.

7. Update on the Italian situation.  And what is wrong with Finland?

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