links for 2008-05-10

• Unions: good for equity, good for efficiency - Crooked Timber
• The historical roots of India’s booming service economy - Vox EU
• What if we'd been on the gold standard? - Econbrowser
• Interests of Retirees and High-Bracket Taxpayers Align? - Angry Bear
• Chimp Memory Beats Humans' - Video - National Geographic
• The Fight Stuff - New York Times
• Scientists Know Better--Even When They're Wrong - Scientific American
• Torture Showdown Coming? - Dan Froomkin
• Clinton and Obama beat John McCain in poll - Los Angeles Times
• Economics and the Entrepreneur - RealClearPolitics