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Andrew W on Twitter saves the day: Kenyan crimefighting edition: Interesting idea. What happens though, to the accused when a mob of...
Michael on Adult swim with Oxfam: Yeah, like I said at the original post, in the US, pools are not a class markers. There are public...
Andrew W on Links I liked: A bit behind the times here! Mobile money reached Uganda a long time ago (3 years or so) when MTN lauched...
Another Leah on Sherlock 2012: second episode: http://www.videoweed.es/file/5 da9d6553df0c%20
Peter B on Markets in bloody everything: The authors say that there is no symbolic value in increasingly large gift-cards, but seem to...
Jeff Toohig on Letter of the year, written in 1865: Incredible letter. There has been a bit of discussion about it’s provenance and...
Bill Harshaw on Letter of the year, written in 1865: The note at the top of the letter in the Freedman’s book says: “[Written...
J on And the Exploitative Oscar goes to…: @lizzybef, what about hotel rwanda. that’s an exploitative film about hardship...
Peter on More on yesterday’s cheap shot at @freakonomics and @WSJIdeasMarket : Normally I don’t make comments… but...
Jeff Smith on This more or less reflects every meeting I had with a Professor as a grad student: My advisor tended not to forget.

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