links for 2009-09-09

As I see it, the economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.

British food does have that reputation– and, of course, you can find bad food here, as you can in most other places. (For example, if an American national should find themselves here, for the love of god don’t order a hamburger.) I’m not about to try to defend haggis or black pudding either, but there are certain things the British do wonderfully well. So here is my official short list of: GOOD BRITISH FOOD ITEMS