Link fiesta (1.2.15)

Happy New Year! Here's a string of links to start off the year.

1. 2015: A big year for development. (link)
2. The latest on the question: Does aid work? (link)
3. Is it time to get rid of currency? (link)
4. Global liquid oil supply curve. (link) Also, Oliver Blanchard of the IMF and MIT on the world oil prices. (link)
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5. Mankiw on Piketty; he's not impressed. (link)
6. Tabarrok on Piketty; it's all dependent on the fertility and bequest decisions of the rich. (link)
7. Interview of Harvard's Raj Chetty. (link)
8. The most influential economists c. 2014. (link, link)
9. How will commerce be regulated/adjudicated in outer space? (link)
1. "Their bottom line is that it is not necessary to have a government that rules outer space in order to have a recognized legal system for dispute resolution in outer space."
10. Do children and animals avoid the sunk cost fallacy? (link)
11. The health effects of unemployment. (link)
12. What 2000 calories look like. (link)
13. America's Christmas gift list 2014 (as seen in Google searches). (link)
14. The US Census Bureau vs. academics. Underscores the critical role played by government surveys in uncovering social trends. (link)
15. Productivity decreases with work hours in OECD countries. (link)
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