Several very interesting links (happy independence day CA)

Little innovation in small business in The USA, a recent study shows. 
Advice on how to chose a good scientific problem, be a unique filter. 
An anthropological study on banks, HT @loomnie.
The future of research in economics, a view from anthropology.
More on institutions and economic growth, the problem of scale. 
A research agenda for development economics, Esther Duflo.
What is "Humanomics," language and the economy.