1. With the AEA meetings coming up next week, my old post on the art of being a discussant
  2. Larry Summers on what Bernie Sanders gets right and wrong about the US Fed
  3. "One of biggest environmental disasters in US history is happening right now & you've probably never heard of it"
  4. Jamelle Bouie on US policing, and how the monopoly of violence comes at a price
  5. "This Las Vegas Taco Shop Was Robbed, So They Put Out This Awesome Video"
  6. The political roots of the Ethiopian famine