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by Sam Roggeveen - 17 May 2012 12:54PM

The communications revolution was meant to loosen our ties to the office, the car and even the city itself. But large cities have productivity advantages. (H/t Free Exchange.)
The US could achieve energy independence in the next two decades.
A useful and revealing graph of Australian defence spending in constant dollars. (H/t Joye.)
We have a tendency to project current trends towards an extreme. This is usually a mistake.
Australia's aid budget is being debated on The Punch too.
The second prototype of China's J-20 stealth fighter had its maiden flight.
Charlemagne:

Greek politicians seem to have convinced themselves that the euro zone is bluffing about ejecting their country. But Germany and others are determined to disabuse them. The recent menaces seem designed to achieve two goals: to exert pressure on Greeks to support more mainstream parties in a likely second election, and to prepare markets for the likelihood of Greece's departure if radicals are returned.

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