1. Intrade contracts for Obama to be re-elected next year are now trading at 56%, the lowest re-election odds since early January 2011 (see chart above).   (HT: Steve Bartin) 2. Made in China: The new San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. … read more >

At Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux quotes economist Julian Simon: “Natural resources are not finite in any meaningful economic sense, mind-boggling though this assertion may be.  The stocks of them are not fixed but rather are expanding through human ingenuity.” Here’s … read more >