1. Scientific research inside Second Life
2. Alex Tabarrok skewers the NY Times review of Sachs’ latest opus
3. How Scorsese and De Niro added 5 to 15 trillion to the US economy
5. Solar blimp could aid in disaster relief, terrify villagers
6. Is African government peer review a waste of time?
7. How disaster death toll calculations are done
4 Responses
Update on the rice situation
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3943779.ece
Chris, Care to say something on how it came to be that US has a say over whether Japan can reexport US rice?
Oops. I bet they hate it when that happens.
Fixed. And thanks.
Re: #2 – the skewering looks to be courtesy of Alex.