A Clint Eastwood character once said, "A man's got to know his limitations." At the moment, one of this blogger's many limitations is that I have nothing more interesting on my mind than some of the posts I've found elsewhere. So, with a bit of commentary added, here's some good stuff from other blogs or websites.

1. Since economists use futures markets to forecast the next president, it should come as no surprise that there is a market to forecast the next Nobel Prize winner. Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen has the post; my only surprise is that Anne Krueger isn't listed since there's chatter about her and Gordon Tullock sharing a prize for their (separate) research on rent seeking.

2. Arnold Kling's EconLog has a nice post about and link to a Business Week article on wages and outsourcing. Just as our good friends supply and demand would predict, the increasing demand for labor in China and India is leading to increased wages there and narrowing the wage gap between those countries and the U.S.

3. Today's Washington Post has an encouraging article on Iraq. It reports that recruiting for the reconstituted Iraqi police force is going well even in the face of insurgent attacks. Regardless of one's take on the justification or lack thereof for the war, it seems to me that all should agree that getting Iraqi forces up and running is an important step towards the U.S. getting out.

4. The Sports Economist has a nice post about and link to an article about conduct fines in the PGA Tour.

5. Cafe Hayek's Don Boudreaux links to a NYTimes article on research by Columbia's Frank Lichtenberg finding that some 40% of increased longevity in the last two decades is the result of new drugs.