Parts of the Namib desert seem to have a very unusual pattern.  Locals have long called the mysterious circle the “footprints of the gods”.  Others say it resembles polka dots or a bad case of chickenpox.  The more romantic say these discolored circles were caused by the breath of s subterranean

published Oct 28th 2016, 6:00 am, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg View) —Back in 2012, Daron Acemoglu — an economist I follow and greatly respect — wrote a paper along with James Robinson and Thierry Verdier claiming to explain why Scandinavian countries are (supposedly) less innovative than the U.S. Acemoglu et