Assorted links

1. Most influential books, chosen by Matt Yglesias.

2. How are prostitute networks different?

3. The influence of J.G. Ballard.

4. The evolution of fairness toward strangers, and here.  Important if true, from my hotel room I've just glanced at it but worth a read.  It's pro-Hayek and minimizes the influence of evolutionary biology, at least under one reading.

5. One proposal for pricing attention.

6. Jenny Davidson's book list.

7. Unhappy Yemen.

8. Will Wilkinson's book list, including the tale of his unfinished denunciation of me.

9. Webcast of Econblogger's conference, with Alex, Megan, Mark Thoma, others (not me).