I was going to post a handful of links, but then i realized that almost all of the hat tips would go to the Pileus Blog. So just click there and scroll. My question: if governments are going to start licensing journalists [??!!], will there be a section of the exam about economics? What about causal inference?

Speaking of causal inference, here's a case in point (HT: Jennifer Sciubba). I was thinking about buying a talisman, casting a few spells, and maybe sacrificing a couple of chickens to try to improve my kids' lots in life, but instead I'm just going to buy a lot more books and keep them in the house. I wonder if PDFs on the computer count.