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Feb 18, 2016

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They're Called 'Elite' Colleges for a=Reason

Didn't go to Harvard or Yale? Good luck making it onto the Supreme Co=rt -- or into a top investment bank or consulting firm. But do high-presti=e universities really do select the best and the brightest? Justin Fox has doubts<=strong>.

Which Is Scarier= iPhone Hackers or the FBI?

A federal judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters, b=t the company has refused to cooperate. Meg=n McArdle and Eli Lake draw the battle lines (and share some =et photos, because they're only human), while Leonid Bershidsky says the=tech giant's refusal to cooperate exposes a key weakness.

China's Empty Ma=ls Get Weirder

Chinese urban planners h=ve long loved shopping malls; the country now has 4,000 of them. But the e=onomic slump and the rise of e-commerce mean there are fewer shoppers than=ever. Will a fiv=-story dragon slide bring in the crowds? Adam Minter explains why one mall is=betting on it.

Theory Versus Da=a? You Shouldn't Have to Choose.

So you learned a bunch o= theories in Econ 101. Without data, do they mean anything? Noah Smith po=nts to a better way to teach economics.

Scalia's Classic 'Textualism' W=ll Be His Legacy

The Supreme Court justice didn't invent originalism, but he did inven= 'textualism' — a rich, modern take on an ancient idea about how t= interpret law. Noah Feldman analyzes Scalia's contribution t= legal theory and assesses its staying power.

The stock market is not the economy (Strategy+Business)

'Costcoholics': Costco's $113.7 billion add=cts (Forbes)

In batt=e of havens, Treasuries outshine gold for ETF investors (Bl=omberg)

(Read Barry Ritholtz's full daily news roundup.)=/span>

OPEC has a trust problem

Activists back away from European banks

Hong Kong re=l estate might not be a sure bet

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