Weekend links

The Nobel prize and what Swiss cows can teach us

• A new report says that three-quarters of those claiming disability benefits in the U.K. are actually capable of working. Hey, when you subsidize something you get more of it.

• Marginal Revolution has some facts about regulation and airline water.

• Neal McCluskey notes at least a tacit admission by Education Secretary Arne Duncan that federal involvement in education is unconstitutional.

• Paul Sullivan of the New York Times says all this anger against the rich may be unhealthy.

• John Tierney on the non-tragedy of the commons and some of the research behind this year's Nobel prize in economics.