Links, June 2

Richard Florida reports in Global Innovation Paradox:
"It’s commonly thought that even though globalization was shifting manufacturing jobs from America to lower-cost, more efficient, off-shore competitors, the U.S. retained a vast lead in high-end innovation. But are the powerful forces of globalization now leading to the off-shoring of America’s innovation and R&D? New statistics from the National Science Foundation (via Mike Mandel) certainly point in that direction."

The invisible hand works in mysterious ways: What We Don’t Know, and Perhaps Can’t by Edward L. Glaese, an economics professor at Harvard.

Chris Blattman discusses Does brushing your teeth lower cardiovascular disease? and one of the comments links to this from PhD comics on The Science News Cycle.

Chapati Mystrey's fifth post on Ahmadis We Are All Ahmadi V: Erasures . An earlier post by Juan ColeWhy Pakistan needs the Separation of Religion and State; Atrocities by Taliban against Ahmadis.

Juan Cole reports Historic UNSC Condemnation of Israel, and of Gaza Blockade;
World Body Demands release of Aid Activists, Ships
P.S.Cosma Shalizi comments on Blattman post http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/661.html.