Saturday, August 31, 2013

BOOK, THE INVISIBLE GORILLA

http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Gorilla-How-Intuitions-Deceive/dp/0307459667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377989203&sr=1-1&keywords=the+invisible+gorilla

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

EMPLOYMENT AND OIL

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2013/08/the_geography_o_1.html

HURRICANE MAPS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/08/all-hurricanes-past-170-years-mapped/6658/

BOOK, DECISIVE

http://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Make-Better-Choices-Life/dp/0307956393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374701556&sr=1-1&keywords=decisive+chip+heath

USING STRIKE ZONES FOR BETTER DECISIONS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/07/make-better-decisions/

Monday, August 26, 2013

ABANDONED HOMES IN CHICAGO

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/magazine/how-chicagos-housing-crisis-ignited-a-new-form-of-activism.html

Saturday, August 24, 2013

TERRORISM, RISK, AND DETERRENCE

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/13/we-shouldn-t-treat-terrorism-the-way-we-treat-bathroom-falls.html

EMPLOYER PAID HEALTH INSURANCE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/economix/2013/06/07/the-culprit-behind-high-u-s-health-care-prices/

HOW HARD SHOULD WE FIGHT TERRORISM?

http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/the-numbers-dont-lie-its-irrational-to-give-up-this-much-liberty-to-fight-terror/276695/

CHILDREN IN CITIES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/003889-children-and-cities?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

DIVERSITY IN SUBURBAN SCHOOLS

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2013/08/21-suburban-poverty-schools-berube?rssid=LatestFromBrookings&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrookingsRSS%2Ftopfeeds%2FLatestFromBrookings+%28Latest+From+Brookings%29

DOES STOP AND FRISK WORK?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/20/ray-kelly-says-stop-frisk-saves-lives-theres-no-good-evidence-for-that/

BOOK, AMBIENT COMMONS

http://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Commons-Attention-Embodied-Information/dp/0262018802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377353185&sr=1-1&keywords=ambient+commons

BOOK, LITTLE BETS

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bets-Breakthrough-Emerge-Discoveries/dp/1439170436/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377353080&sr=1-1&keywords=little+bets

STREET PARKING

http://grist.org/cities/who-parked-in-my-spot-neighbors-cars-and-your-curb-space/?utm_campaign=daily

THE SPREAD OF FIRE ANTS

http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/ants-go-marching?src=longreads

Sunday, August 11, 2013

THE NEED FOR CLOSURE

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/why-we-need-answers.html

Thursday, August 1, 2013

TURNING AROUND A HARTFORD NEIGHBORHOOD

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/08/practical-lessons-turning-around-neighborhood-decline/6394/