Weekend reads: Sex, lies and recession (May 10)

10 May

We launch a new feature: we will post a list of good reads each weekend. Enjoy.

The vast influence of Gary Becker (Vox)

Where people have the best sex, the worst sex, and the most STIs (Vox)

The economics of adultery (Wonkblog)

10 years EU enlargement anniversary: Waltzing past Vienna | Zsolt Darvas (Bruegel)

40 Maps That Explain The Middle East (Vox)

In the 1970s, Scientists Discovered a 2 Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor in West Africa (Medium)

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has a knack for getting others to fund his ventures. (Slate)

Why humans are obsessed with the longest bridges, the biggest buildings and other ways to blow billions – Quartz (Quartz)

Stockholm’s New Electric Ferry Takes Just 10 Minutes to Charge (Wired)

Leaked doc: Cameron’s plans to make the EU fit UK energy policy (EnergyPost)

Rude salespeople make you buy fancy things (Marginal Revolution)

Make three claims when trying to persuade (Marginal Revolution)

Eat More Nuts (And Vegetables, And Don’t Forget to Exercise And Quit Smoking) (FiveThirtyEight)

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Author Peter Simon Vargha

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