BRYAN CAPLAN
May 7, 2013
Keynesian Bets: What's Out There
May 6, 2013
Keynesian Bets Bleg
May 6, 2013
The Pyramid of Macroeconomic Insight and Virtue
May 2, 2013
A Natalist Provision
May 1, 2013
I Was a Teenage Misanthrope
DAVID HENDERSON
May 5, 2013
John Thacker on Vaccinations and the Sequester
May 3, 2013
Chef Rudy's Virtues Project
May 2, 2013
My take on Reinhart and Rogoff
May 1, 2013
Medicare Kills a Program


Whoa, what are they doing on the island of Java?!
Programming? Percolating?
Pretty much what they've always done on Java -- intensive farming with extraordinary population densities. Same for the Nile delta, which also jumps out on this map.
Look at Japan. You ever go to Japan, and you'll see why it's solid maroon. Think 10 people in a closet.
They've actually managed to maintain some country side, but it took some serious planning. Some cities of 40K have mini-skyscrapers that make you feel as if you're downtown in a major American city.