Multum In Parvo

Here are a few things of (possible) interest:

• An interesting post from Tim Harford on becoming happy by association.
• A very funny spoof on Blago's quoting of Kipling's "If."
• Stephen Dubner's take on the cost of fearing strangers at Freakonomics.
• Tyler Cowen's musings at Marginal Revolution on the geography of Johnny Cash songs.
• Also at MR, Alex Tabarrok discusses historians, economists and the Great Depression.
• A great essay by William Burns at Cato Unbound about terrorism and risk assessment.
• David Friedman's ideas on using World of Warcraft to teach economics.
• Yesterday was Elvis's birthday. Enjoy this clip from the '68 Comeback Special. You can get the whole thing at YouTube.