3.10.2012

Weekend Links

1) Chinese government funding of R&D is increasing (US for contrast, and previously)

2) "Consistent with the jury selection patterns, the empirical evidence implies that older jurors are indeed more likely to convict." (NBER Working Paper)

3) "[T]here is no other single sea otter that [has] had a greater impact upon the sea otter species." (via bb)

4) Since it came up in my undergrad class a few lectures ago, Colonial Powers in Africa Circa 1908

5) The rise and fall of a (large) MMORPG black market economy.

6) "I wanted to understand how massive processes of violence become normalized in modern society, and I wanted to do so from the perspective of those who work in the slaughterhouse." Highly recommended.

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