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On the Origin of Species will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2009. In honour of this, The Economist has devoted part of its Christmas special to reviving the discussion about the relevance of Darwin's insightful thesis in understanding number of fields, including music, shopping, and crime and punishment.

I look forward to these Christmas specials every year, and this one didn't disappoint. The article on murder, justice and wealth is the best one: it is controversial, thought-provoking and even somewhat related to IPE - it cuts to the very core of how we organize our social contract and welfare state.

You may not agree with the deterministic tone of the articles, but it is definitely worth a read.