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Oct 26 2007 12:00am EDT

Extra Credit, Friday Edition

Fed Plans to Increase Transparency, from Greg Ip. Mark Thoma provides background.

6th Grade Econ Question of the Day: Yes, they try to teach economics to 6th-graders. And yes, they do a very bad job of it.

The economics of speaking Welsh

The right side of reality: Jonathan Birchall on Authenticity:

The fundamentally fake construction of a modern urban “farmers’ market” supports its patrons’ self-identity and is as authentic an experience as a trip to Disneyland. Products from Kraft cheese slices to cans of Arizona sweet tea clamour to be “real”, creating a seemingly limitless supply of inauthenticity.

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