A Short Primer on the Republican Candidates Robert Reich. Quirky but useful nevertheless.
Retail Sale Growth Is not Necessarily Strong, When Inflation is High Dean Baker. Note this is observation sometimes comes from Barry Ritholtz on particular retail sales reports.
Euro-yuan-dollar diplomacy Brad Setser
Do people make better decisions when they understand average risk? University of Michigan Health System (hat tip Mark Thoma)
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