Wednesday Links

An argument that life on earth did not begin on earth.

Over six million prime-age men are neither working nor looking for work — Depression-era work rates for American men ages 25–54.

David Friedman asks: why are poor people fatter than the nonpoor? The conventional answer is that fast foods are cheaper than healthy foods. But Friedman shows that the reverse is true – per calorie consumed, nutritious food is half the cost of fast food.

Without fungi, we not only wouldn’t be alive, we never would have evolved.

In Uganda, where nearly half the people eat fewer calories than they need each day, excess fat is often a sign of wealth.