Links

Tengo hambre: Cuban agriculture.

• Health care: news from the U.K.'s compassionate government-run system here and here, Scott Lincicome assesses the impact of ObamaCare on the U.S.'s economic standing and Bryan Caplan argues for the need to separate health and state.

• Paul Krugman is wrong on his economics and a hypocrite in his politics.

• The bad news is that the Office of Management and Budget projects the U.S. debt will increase by $8.5 trillion between 2011-2020. The worse news is the CBO just concluded such an estimate is too rosy, instead predicting an increase of $9.7 trillion.

• The Economist reports on food shortages in Cuba. That and toilet paper too, so they're getting hit at both ends, so to speak.

• The Economix blog says China's economic rise may mean it is simply getting back to where it used to be.