Midweek Links

Posting has been light as deadlines mount. But I want to keep the lights on, so here are some links:

-- Social scientists are under attack in Iran, by UNC-CH Sociology professor Charles Kurzman.

-- Seymour Hersh on nuclear security in Pakistan.

-- The rise of East(ern) Germany?

-- A&L Daily has all the 1989 links.

-- A photoessay on lithium mining in Bolivia, which is used in making the world's batteries. Alex wrote about this a few months back.

-- Stiglitz: The global recession is not over.

-- Tyler Cowen on the importance of stories. I wonder how this would fit in with the burgeoning diffusion literature?