Around the Blogs, Vol. 75

1. Bryan Caplan makes the case against (subsidizing) education (and also).

2. According to Wikipedia, Nobel Prize Sperm Bank recruiter Paul Smith "traveled throughout California, focusing mainly on college campuses, in search of volunteers", which suggests awkward conversations in Berkely men's rooms. But Henry Harpending reveals evidence to the effect that they simply sent a letter.

3. Eric Crampton summarizes what economists (well, a panel of 40 specific economists) agree on.

4. Golden Krishna against the cutseyfication of software (via)

5. Gowers against Elsevier