Links

Better off than Tut?

• Megan McArdle says that the average American in many respects has a better life than King Tut.

• Don Boudreaux pokes some more holes in peak oil theory.

• Greg Mankiw has some thoughts on the usefulness of a fiscal commission.

• Education: John Stossel on the "Head Start scam," the difficulty of firing bad teachers in Los Angeles and a look at the linkage between teacher-student ratios and academic achievement.

• Phil Levy takes a closer look at David Leonhardt's story in yesterday's New York Times proclaiming the success of the stimulus package.