Markets in everything, Thanksgiving day edition
Get the dog involved in the festivities with Merrick Thanksgiving Day Dinner Dog Food! 12 cans for $21.99 on Amazon. The description: "The house is filled with love and the wonderful smells of Thanksgiving infiltrate the air. Could it get any better as you fill your plate with juicy slices of turkey and all the

Detroit fact of the day markets in everything
Here's all you need to know about the real estate market in Michigan: The 80,000-seat enclosed Silverdome, built for $55.7 million in 1975 to house the Detroit Lions, has sold for $583,000.And you thought your home had lost its value during this recession.Think about it this way: $583,000 will get you a decent, but not terrific, house in a nice neighborhood in Northwest Washington.  [TC: will it?]According to this story from the Detroit News, the Silverdome -- which is a bubble dome, pic

Assorted links
1. Reprogramming predators, and maybe a pan-species welfare state too.2. The six great fantasy novels?3. Forum on the new Robert Pozen book on the financial crisis.4. Do you wish to hear the other side?  Here is George Selgin's case for deflation, now on-line and free.5. Ezra and Mark Bittman, the beh

DNA for work and love
University of Akron demands DNA sample from faculty as condition of employment.Dating sites use your DNA to find a perfect love match.Hat tip to my true major histocompatibility complex match.

Who buys cosmetic surgery?
Not just the rich:...cosmetic surgery is now primarily consumed not by the rich, but by the working and lower-middle classes, sometimes even by the poor.  According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), about 1/3 of cosmetic surgery is consumed by people who make less than $30,000 a year.  About 70% of it is consumed by people who make less than $60,000 a year. It is mostly women (90%) and mostly white, middle-aged women (80% and between 35-55 years old).Here is