Statistically useless jobs

Here.
XKCD provides the perfect cartoon:

Links

-Natural experiments that should not be replicated :The long-run impact of bombing Vietnam; (HT Rafael);
- Sometimes culture matters: Anti-Semitic during the Black Death were most likely to acts of violence against Jews in interwar Germany);
- Journals: advices to editors and authors (Via Marginal Revolution. BTW, how come someone disagrees with the fact that MR is the best Economics blog ?!?!?);
- The Economist on the Brazilian North-east . Accurate facts, but the tone is a little bit too optimistic.

Long thumbnails and development

This also happened in Brazil!
(HT Shikida)

Bureaucratics - Pictures of civil servants all over the world

Bureaucratics - Images by Jan Banning
(HT João Veloso).

Xie Xie, China

Total exports by Brazilian region in US$ (1995=100)

(HT Batistuta).

Cliometrics and regional economics news

• 5tas Jornadas Uruguayas de Historia Económica;
• 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, 2011.
• Número novo da Cliometrica!

(I would like to apologize to my 1,232,543 readers. I've been too busy to post in the last couple of weeks).