Links for 12/17. Remarkable indeed!
Economist’s View: Summers: How to Fix Our Costly and Unjust Tax System

The Dismal State of the Dismal Science – NYTimes.com

Brad DeLong : Economists on the Ineffectiveness of Fiscal Policy; Sh@t Is All F@#^ Up and Bullsh@t Weblogging

The hysterical economy | vox

BBC News – Virus rebuilds heart’s own pacemaker in animal tests

BBC News – New York, a graveyard for languages

BBC News – Dementia patients in Dutch village given ‘alternative reality’

Egypt – The Next India or the Next Pakistan? – NYTimes.com

China’s Stock Futures Rise, Signaling Shares Will Extend Rally – Bloomberg

BBC News – Greek football sponsors: The brothel and the undertaker

Bronte Capital: Gretchen Tai: possibly the best fund manager you have never heard of

Cuddly or cut-throat capitalism: Choosing models in a globalised world | vox

Research Presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting Link Earthquake Activity to Waste Water from Fracking in Shale Gas Regions | MIT Technology Review

What Google Sees in New Hire, Futurist Ray Kurzweil | MIT Technology Review

Which hangover cures should I try? | Life and style | The Guardian