Linkism

Plutocrat watch: Carlos Slim has opened up a free art museum in Mexico City.

Does globalization expand our moral circle?

Will space travel spur an era of affordable research?

The plastics shredders of China.

Will there be a biofuels boom because of the oil price spike?

On China’s security state stifling dissent.

The states are circling Medicaid.

Sympathy for the Bureaucrats: David Leonhardt explains the real problems with public union contracts (not pay), and a Washington Monthly article makes the case for more, not fewer bureaucrats.

Carmakers are thinking about moving to a new substance for their cars: carbon fiber.