I hope you’ve all had a good Christmas season, whatever you’ve been up to. Normal blog service will resume shortly, but here are a few links I’ve picked up over the past few days.
- If you really wanted your kids to eat more fruit, would you give them bubblegum flavoured apples?
- Paul Krugman asks the forbidden question in the New York Times: Is the age of growth over?
- 70% of today’s occupations could be done by robots instead, according to this article in the New York Times.
- According to WordPress, who host this blog, there were visitors to Make Wealth History from 209 countries in 2012. That’s 18 more countries than officially exist.
And since it’s New Year’s Day, here’s a little message from Zach:

Bubble gum flavoured apples – just as ridiculous as vitamin gummy bears.