Dilbert explains: Why asking staff in big, cumbersome organizations to be more entrepreneurial is never going to 
work. Sorry.
Useful tips here. Why presenting research & policy recommendations to governments is like discussing ugly babies with their parents
Irony watch: Guy in ‘lower taxes, less government, more freedom’ T shirt thanks US government firefighters for saving his house
Alex Evans was on form last week: Sweetly written piece on the transformational power and low cost of savings groups in Ethiopia and a top rant about wimpy climate change negotiators, previewing his forthcoming paper on how carbon trading can keep warming below 2 degrees
Income inequality by country, from 2014 issue of Science: Latin America 
the most unequal continent, but South Africa the worst country, [h/t Max Roser]
TS Eliot manages to nail both most academics and most pundits in one para, almost 100 years ago (1921)
Most common job held by migrants for each US state. Gives a great sense of diversity and richness of immigrant contribution. [h/t Conrad Hackett]
Hooray! The incomparable Hans Rosling is now commentating on/explaining current events. Here he is with 2m on the EU’s (mis)treatment of Syrian Refugges [h/t Alice Evans]