The Tyler Cowen

1. Great Bad Men. Via The Browser.
2. Kim Jong Il likes Big Macs.
3. Should US journalism take a page from our British counterparts?
4. Revolutionizing charities.
5. Cyber warfare is more widespread and terrifying than we previously thought.
6. Algorithms. Via The Awesomer.
   

The Tyler Cowen

1. Datadatadata
2. The Killing Fields, revisited.
3. An economist on the recovery. He's not very happy. Via The Browser.
4. Funny...and funny.
5. Clever stuff about energy. Via Marginal Revolution.
6. Extremely persuasive critique of geekdom. Via...uh...Facebook...I guess.

The Tyler Cowen

1. Our government is in shambles...but thankfully (?) we're not alone.
2. Panoramas from New York at the turn of the century. Via The Browser
3. Entertaining hatchet-job on Thomas Kinkade. Also via The Browser.
4. Unexploded bombs still litter Germany. Via Marginal Revolution.

The Tyler Cowen

1. NK defectors heading for the UK.
2. The American Conservative's obsession with Israel is pure fantasy. 
3. The American Conservative's obsession with gay marriage is un-American. Via The Browser.
4. Video games helping society by providing valuable services as 'tragedy simulators.'

The Tyler Cowen

1. Pink and Blue as gendered colors is more recent than you think.
2. We all know it's bad. Still, the graph manages to shock. Via The Browser.
3. Bill Maher not pulling any punches. 
4. Beautiful animation of one soccer player's recounting of New York's 1977 black out and attendant riots. Via Gizmodo.
   
   

The Tyler Cowen

1. The future of photography? They're going to need to be a little more intentioned I daresay.
2. Simple, beautiful post on the act of dying. Via The Browser.
3. Heaven help us. If we're continuing to kick this ball down the road, I'm afraid the end to the Recession is not even in sight. Via Marginal Revolution.
4. Nationalism as the most powerful force in the world.
5. Amazing, Goldsworthy-esque art. Via The Awesomer.

The Tyler Cowen

1. Philosophy prioritized by usefulness. Via The Browser.
2. Things are heating up. Via Marginal Revolution.
3. Gender imbalances in foreign policy.
4. Mostly German volunteers but beautiful nonetheless. Via Infosthetics.
   

The Tyler Cowen

1. Weird writing habits of famous authors.
2. The International Community is dragging its feet for food aid to North Korea.
3. Star Trek, here we come. Via Marginal Revolution.
   
4. Our innate cooperativeness. Via The Browser.

War

In Barbara Ehrenreich's new introduction to her book, Blood Rites, she hints at a comprehensive understanding of human social organization based on the technologies we use for war. This piqued our interest here at BofHam so we decided to dig a little deeper by applying this theory to some case studies. What did we find? A sexy framework for social organization but, as with anything relating to human society and development, a few too many variables that we can't control. But sexy! We love us some sexy.

The Tyler Cowen

1. Producer surplus case study.
2. Great infographic about the work we put in for taxes. 
3. Food shortages in North Korea and the politics played with aid.
4. Forestalling 'harrassment' with nuclear weapons.