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By mikethemadbiologist on January 12, 2011.

It's snowing! Nuthin' to do but read some links. Science:

Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?
Next Generation Sequencing adds thousands of new genes
African Wild Dogs and the Allee Effect

Other:

The Economics of Economists' Ethics: If they read their own research, economists might disclose conflicts of interest more often
Pentagon cuts have impact in Mass.: In a state where defense is crucial to economy, losses could be offset
The End of New Deal Liberalism
No More Security
Who is Jared Lee Loughner?
No, the Jobs Crisis Isn't Over: What's the Progressive Plan?
The top marginal income tax rate should be about 65%...
Or Maybe People Just Like Jobs and Roads and Being Able to Take the Bus to Work
The Bill Daley Problem

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Lotsa Links

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Saturday Economics Snark

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Economists Strongly Prefer Obama over McCain

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And You Thought the Mad Biologist Could Be Critical of Economics...

If you thought I could be critical about economics, Peter Radford, at Real World Economics, is vicious in answering the question "

Dismal, yes, but is it science?

As I was driving home from work today, I was listening to Marketplace on public radio.
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