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Links for October 2012

12,199 retired California government workers receive pensions in excess of $100,000 from CalPERS. They’re all listed here. Urban Growth and Decline: The Role of Population Density at the City Core. We look at four decades of census data and show that growing...

Is the World Running Out of Food?

We’ve been discussing global warming’s impact on agriculture. While the overall long term effect is unknown, it seems fairly clear that global warming should positively impact food production in the near term. That discussion prodded me to look at the...

What Are Your Favorite NES Games of All Time?

I suspect Mike will have something to say about the guts of this list of Top 10 NES Games. First, I’ll just say: this is what journalism has become? Create a slideshow of ten things and then copy and paste, directly from Wikipedia, the description of the games?...

The Happer Letter: Re-Opening the Climate Change Debate

Tom provided us with this article from the WSJ regarding renewed debate on climate change in Australia. In order to expand upon that, I wanted to provide the text of the Happer Letter which is referenced in the article. The Happer Letter Dear Editors: Fifty-four...

Obama’s Cash For Clunkers 2009 Explained

Brian, I’d be really interested to hear why someone would get the same amount of money if they trade in a truck/suv but only get a smaller increase in mpg than someone trading in a car. Any chance you can look into this? Since I don’t trust detroit or their lobby, I...