I mentioned in class the other day that Prof. Larry Lessig, whose work on copyright law might be familiar to some of you, has been studying modern corruption. This is a lecture he recently gave.

You can find more on Lessig here.

And of course, this isn’t to be missed, if you haven’t already seen it:

Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something

http://www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com/

Elizabeth & The Catapult, \”Taller Children\” (2009)

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I mentioned this in class today.

Tyler Cowen responded:

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/01/the-kitchen-test.html

And I have to agree with some of these observations – what is the big deal about an electric carving knife?

As promised, here’s a link: this one to NPR’s Planet Money.

It’s a really well-produced show that takes on economics issues in a way that even non-experts can understand.

They did a piece on the housing crisis for another show, This American Life. It’s a must-listen:

You can find it – and listen to it on the website – here.