Thursday, October 10, 2013

Links

K.Balagopal Relections on violence...
Brad DeLong discusses an address of Paul Krugman
CT on status problems in American universities
Duping by middle classes
A diplomatic exchange
A Namit Arora review
A recent article says "The greater a population’s genetic distance to the population on the technological frontier, the lower its relative income will be." Omar says "Pakistani Punjab could turn out to be an interesting little experiment in this regard. The genetic distance from the technological frontier is practically the same for Indian and Pakistani Punjab ..." http://www.brownpundits.com/2013/10/07/long-term-barriers-to-growth/
Why does so much of the academic writing on international affairs seem to be of little practical value, mired in a "cult of irrelevance"?
 Khursheed Bano revives Saigal after he exhausts himself reviving somebody else

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