Thursday, July 15, 2010

Thursday morning roundup

Conditions continue to worsen for Haiti's displaced.

The Indian government promotes safer childbirth through incentive payments.

The limits of behavioral economics, or why corn subsidies are a bigger issue than nutrition labels.

Kristof recommends the Swedish model, i.e., disincentives on demand, for fighting human trafficking.

Collins on Bristol and Levi 4-eva.

Sex toys are a hard sell in Russia.

French women have a knack for aging gracefully.

A Brookings study ranks the Washington, DC metro region as the best educated in the nation.

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