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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 36, Number 1—Winter 2022—Pages 191–198 Timothy Taylor This section will list readings that may be especially useful to teachers of under- graduate economics, as well as other articles that are of broader cultural interest. In general, with occasional exceptions, the articles chosen will be expository or integrative and not focus on original research. If you write or read an appropriate article, please send a copy of the article (and possibly a few sentences describing it) to Timothy Taylor, preferably by e-mail at taylort@macalester.edu, or c/o Journal of Economic Perspectives, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55105. Smor Smorgasbor gasbord d The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021  was awarded to given to David Card “for his empirical contributions to labour economics” and to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.” Each year, the prize committee produces a highly readable  “Popular science” explanation, this year titled “Natural experiments help answer important questions,” along with more specialized and longer  “Scientific background” paper, this year titled “Answering Causal Questions Using Observational Data” (October 11, 2021, both available at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2021/summary/). From the