1. A poem on Gay Rights in Kenya. It's Queer.
2. Nairobi also has powerpoint. "Kenya is hitting the 21st century. Hard."
3. When economists fall in love: "One year, for Valentine's Day, Reinhart gave his wife a complete set of the League of Nations's annual economic reports from the 1920s" (the Carmen Reinhart Story, from Economic Principals)
4. New forces in anti-terrorism
5. Temporary deprivation is a cure for the hedonic treadmill and makes you happier. I wonder if Juba makes its temporary residents happier?
6. The best Superfreakonomics review so far, by Ezra Klein (HT:TH)
7. 16% of the world's adults would like to move to another country permanently (via Trade Diversion)
8. A Kenyan government pilot programme will deliver Ksh 1,500 per month (approx $20?) to 100,000 slum-residents - VIA TEXT MESSAGE. Awesome. Coolest thing I've heard all week. (HT: Rachel Strohm)
2. Nairobi also has powerpoint. "Kenya is hitting the 21st century. Hard."
3. When economists fall in love: "One year, for Valentine's Day, Reinhart gave his wife a complete set of the League of Nations's annual economic reports from the 1920s" (the Carmen Reinhart Story, from Economic Principals)
4. New forces in anti-terrorism
5. Temporary deprivation is a cure for the hedonic treadmill and makes you happier. I wonder if Juba makes its temporary residents happier?
6. The best Superfreakonomics review so far, by Ezra Klein (HT:TH)
7. 16% of the world's adults would like to move to another country permanently (via Trade Diversion)
8. A Kenyan government pilot programme will deliver Ksh 1,500 per month (approx $20?) to 100,000 slum-residents - VIA TEXT MESSAGE. Awesome. Coolest thing I've heard all week. (HT: Rachel Strohm)
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