Marginal Revolution rocks

Marhinal Revolution is always very thoughtprovoking:

• Germans definitely need somtheing like this:Colour coded badges indicating if an approach for conversation is ok.
• "On average, a working-age German works about 2 hours and 35 minutes per calendar day."
• On Brazil as Agricultural Superpower:"Over all, the agricultural bonanza, aided in part by mad cow disease in Europe and avian flu in Asia, is likely to give Brazil a record trade surplus of over $30 billion." - Yeah, and they dont allow testing for BSE, no prizes for guessing why...
• Me-Too drugs - there is an analogy with me-too venture investments. See also venture fraticide