Weekend Edition

Some links to stories heard on NPR doing errands:
The Bear that Wasn't
Where R U?
US vs. Canada Hockey: Right vs. Left?
And something on economics:
Remittances to India back on the increase.

Firm Heterogeneity and Export Promotion

You won't find this from a science journalist. Menzie Chinn gives a great summary of some new research (Melitz, 2003 and Kamata, 2010) on comparative advantage and export firms.

Okuns Law?

Broken?

Some Links

The macroeconomic ideology cube (5 parts):
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Think people look crazy talking to no one in particular when they're on a Bluetooth? Try this.

Some Links

Cultural Economics
Commodity Prices, 1934-2010
Simpson's Paradonx of the Day: Immigrant Crime Rates are Overstated A Sample:
How Curling Works
Pro-Poor Competition