FREAK-est Links

1. Public profanity now costs $20 in Middleborough, Mass.
2. San Francisco tries to disincentivize panhandling with puppies.
3. Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson chat with Gallup Business Journal.
4. Is “big data” a new class of economic asset?
5. L.A. subway system tries to stop fare cheaters.
6. James Watson suggests that scientists should be taking more risks.
7. University of Tokyo researchers develop “diet glasses” that make food look like chocolate.