52 books and 365 articles: December 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

ALTERNATIVES TO THE GAS TAX

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/12/we-urgently-need-fix-gas-tax-2014/7974/

BOOK WHEN BRUTE FORCE FAILS

http://www.amazon.com/When-Brute-Force-Fails-Punishment/dp/0691148643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388511275&sr=1-1&keywords=when+brute+force+fails

Sunday, December 29, 2013

IS SUBURBAN GROWTH A PONZI SCHEME?

http://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme/

Saturday, December 28, 2013

BOOK THE END OF SUBURBS

http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Suburbs-American-Moving/dp/1591845254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388293448&sr=8-1&keywords=the+end+of+suburbs

STREET GRIDS AND WALKABILITY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2013/11/27/optimizing-the-street-grid.html#.Ur-rf32Ia2c

REASONS FOR FALLING LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/12/falling-unemployment-and-falling-labor.html

BALANCING ACCESS AND MOBILITY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2013/12/5/stroad-dynamics.html#.Ur-sKX2Ia2c

EQUALITY OF RESPECT

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/redistribute-wealth-no-redistribute.html

Friday, December 27, 2013

THE ECONOMICS OF RETAIL HEALTH CLINICS

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/why-retail-clinics-failed-to-transform-health-care/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

PATTERNS IN CLIMATE CHANGE

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/12/19/claim-november-2013-is-the-warmest-ever-but-will-the-real-november-2013-temperature-please-stand-up/#more-99433

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

INCOME INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY

http://www.bruegel.org/nc/blog/detail/article/1216-blogs-review-inequality/

ASYMMETRIC POWER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THE EMPLOYED

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/krugman/2013/12/24/the-plight-of-the-employed/?_r=0

Sunday, December 22, 2013

THE NEW SERVANT CLASS

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/12/service-industryworkerslaborinequality.html

THE DECLINE IN HOMELESSNESS

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-decline-in-homelessness.html

THE RISE IN DISABILITY PAYMENTS

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-disability-industrial-complex.html

EMPLOYMENT STAGNATION IN NON-METRO COUNTIES

http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/detail.aspx?chartId=41026&ref=collection&embed=True&widgetId=37373#.UrcbOH3TlPF

The DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RISK AND UNCERTAINTY

http://magic-maths-money.blogspot.com/2013/12/language-barriers-in-understanding-risk.html

Friday, December 20, 2013

TYPES OF LEADERS

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/the-eight-archetypes-of-leadership/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

MICRO APARTMENT TRADE-OFFS

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/12/health-risks-small-apartments/7929/

ARE INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY RELATED?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2013/12/18-inequality-immobility-living-standards-reeves?rssid=LatestFromBrookings&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrookingsRSS%2Ftopfeeds%2FLatestFromBrookings+%28Latest+From+Brookings%29

IMPACT OF LOS ANGELES LIGHT RAIL

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/12/definitive-evidence-ls-new-light-rail-line-reduces-driving/7936/

WHERE WORKING AGE AMERICANS ARE MOVING

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004100-where-working-age-americans-are-moving?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

AIR POLLUTION AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/12/your-neighborhood-significantly-influences-air-you-breathe/7901/

HOW LOW INCOME FAMILIES SPEND THEIR MONEY

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/12/chart-blows-myth-welfare-queen/7906/

SUBURBAN OFFICE PARK HEADWINDS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004093-suburban-corporate-wasteland?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

Monday, December 16, 2013

INNOVATION MYTHS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/12/7-innovation-myths/

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SCARCITY

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/12/scarcity-why-having-too-little-means-so-much/

THE ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE APOLOGY

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201311/apologize-already/5-ingredients-effective-apology?tr=HomeColItem

THE CHANGING SUBURBS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004090-suburban-end-games?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

HIRING THE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/the-american-way-of-hiring-is-making-long-term-unemployment-worse/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

SOLVING THE SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/business/solving-the-shortage-in-primary-care-doctors.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2&

SAFER STREETS

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/12/-and-after-guide-safer-streets/7867/

COAL POWER LESS COMPETITIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/16/remember-the-war-on-coal-coal-is-losing/

LIFE EXPECTANCY IS A POOR MEASURE OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2011/11/23/the-myth-of-americans-poor-life-expectancy/

URBAN SUBURBAN INVERSION

http://www.democracyjournal.org/26/suburb-slickers.php?page=all

CAN JUNK FOOD END OBESITY?

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/

WHAT MAKES A GREAT STORY

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/15/john-yorke-best-screenwriting

WHAT AUTISM IS LIKE

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/29/david-mitchell-my-sons-autism

GUN CONTROL VS TERRORISM RISKS

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/21/boston-marathon-bombs-us-gun-law

EAST COAST CITIES CHOKING ON MIDWEST POLLUTION

http://grist.org/climate-energy/secondhand-smoke-why-east-coast-cities-are-still-choking-on-midwestern-pollution/?utm_source=newsletter

MIAMI IS FLOODING

http://grist.org/cities/miami-vise-rising-seas-put-the-squeeze-on-a-sun-drenched-beach-town/?utm_source=newsletter

BANANA FUNGUS SPREADING

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=banana-threatening-fungus

MODERATING HURRICANES WITH WIND POWER

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/offshore-wind-farms-could-protect-cities-from-hurricanes-16813

ETHANOL AND PRAIRIE WETLANDS

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059991274

Sunday, December 15, 2013

HEALTHY UNTIL DEATH:COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/12/compression-of-morbidity.html

WIND POWER GENERATION BECOMING COMPETITIVE

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/midwest-wind-cost-competitive-with-gas-and-coal

WHY AREN'T YOUNG PEOPLE BUYING HOUSES?

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-end-of-ownership-why-arent-young-people-buying-more-houses/253750/

HOLDING KIDS BACK DOESN'T WORK

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/19/the_wrong_literacy_plan/

GORE-TEX UNDER SEIGE

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/Insane-in-the-Membrane.html?page=all

BODY LANGUAGE

http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/body-language.php?page=all

The HISTORY OF HEALTH INSURANCE IN AMERICA

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-health-insurance-history-20120227,0,6548054,full.story

MEDICARE FRAUD

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7BK0PY20111221?irpc=932

CAN MONEY IMPROVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/for-school-reform-is-new-investment-enough/255500/

JAMES KENNETH GALBRAITH ON INEQUALITY

http://www.thestraddler.com/201310/piece2-print.php

MINING COAL ON MOUNTAINTOPS

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/coal/2012/11/legal_case_against_mountaintop_removal_mining_big_coal_finally_pays_for.single.html

TAX ABATEMENTS IN TEXAS

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html

VARIETIES OF ERRORS

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/krugman/2012/11/29/varieties-of-error/?_r=0&

The HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/?single_page=true

TRUE OR FALSE STORY?

http://lifehacker.com/5959543/true-or-false-pay-attention-to-structure-to-tell-if-a-story-is-made-up

THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT IS NOT TO BLAME

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-blame-the-community-reinvestment-act-industry

THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN HAPPINESS

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/theres-more-to-life-than-being-happy/266805/

Saturday, December 14, 2013

PLANNERS VS. SPONTANEOUS

http://lifehacker.com/5974370/how-to-prevent-time+caused-conflict-at-home-and-at-work

AMERICA'S DISAPPEARING WETLANDS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-says-us-cant-keep-up-with-loss-of-wetlands/2013/12/08/c4801be8-5d2e-11e3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_print.html

HOW TO DESIGN A HAPPIER CITY

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/12/how-design-happier-city/7810/

HOW GENERAL MOTORS WAS SAVED

http://www.forbes.com/sites/danbigman/2013/10/30/how-general-motors-was-really-saved-the-untold-true-story-of-the-most-important-bankruptcy-in-u-s-history/

THE 40 YEAR SLUMP

http://prospect.org/article/40-year-slump

Friday, December 13, 2013

COUNTY HOUSEHOLD INCOME PATTERNS

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/12/staggering-concentrated-wealth-americas-northeast-corridor/7872/

PREVENTING SUBWAY DEATHS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/12/2-very-different-ideas-prevent-subway-deaths/7859/

REVERSION TO THE MEAN

http://rpseawright.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/mean-reversion-wins-again/

Thursday, December 12, 2013

NOT MUCH PROGRESS ON BREAST CANCER

http://www.marieclaire.com/print-this/breast-cancer-business-scams?page=all

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

WASTING FOOD

http://m.fastcoexist.com/1681170/what-food-crisis-we-just-need-to-make-use-of-what-we-have

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF BEACHES

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/opinion/beaches-belong-to-the-public.html?hp&_r=0

FOOD REFRIGERATION

http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/twilley.php

THE FILM INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/us/when-hollywood-comes-to-town.html?hp&_r=0

IMMORTAL JELLYFISH

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html?ref=magazine&_r=0

REHABILITATING ADDICTS

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/tobias-jones-addiction-rehabilitation/

WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TAXATION?

http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-warren-buffetts-mistake/2012/11/27/103e3a9e-3821-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html

HOUSING HOMELESS VETERANS

http://m.washingtonpost.com/politics/homeless-arlington-veteran-finally-settles-into-home-after-advocates-year-long-efforts/2012/11/22/269faf2c-33fb-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

THE REAL WORLD WAR II

http://m.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/bookauth/battle/fussell.htm

Sunday, December 8, 2013

FRACKING FROM SPACE

http://qz.com/45259/you-can-see-the-american-economy-changing-from-space/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: LEADING FROM BEHIND

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2013/01/30/424e7ab8-6a34-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_print.html

RISK COMPOUNDED BY FREQUENCY

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/science/jared-diamonds-guide-to-reducing-lifes-risks.html?_r=1&

TABLOIDS: WHY ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY SOURCES STILL IN BUSINESS

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/29/russell-brand-rages-sun-rupert-murdoch?src=longreads

WHY AREN'T BUILDINGS TALLER?

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/11/why-arent-cities-taller.html

IQ AND INCOME INEQUALITY

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/11/iq-and-equality.html

THE JOURNALIST'S FALLACY

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/11/the-journalists-fallacy.html

VACLAV SMIL ON INNOVATION

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired/?src=longreads

MICROFINANCE AND SMALL BUSINESSES

http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/can-microenterprises-grow-through-finance-guest-post-nathan-fiala

WHEN YOUR PRODUCT IS DECISIONS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/your-product-is-decisions/

THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004071-los-angeles-will-the-city-of-the-future-make-it-there?utm_source=feedburner

DRONE WARFARE

http://blog.ted.com/2013/11/20/drones-warfare-science-fiction-cybercrime-p-w-singer/

TESTING AID WITH RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/jpal-randomized-trials/

THE LIVABILITY TRAP

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/11/livability-trap/7642/

ARE EDS AND MEDS INDUSTRIES A LIABILITY?

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/11/where-reliance-eds-and-meds-industries-could-become-liability/7661/

FIGHTING THE VACANT PROPERTY PLAGUE

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004060-fighting-vacant-property-plague?utm_source=feedburner

THE DUNNER KRUGER EFFECT AND MANAGEMENT

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/empty-suits/

BROKEN WINDOWS AND TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/11/maybe-broken-windows-strategy-could-cut-down-traffic-deaths-too/7647/

T-SHIRTS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/

TWO LONDONS

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2013/04/mysterious-residents-one-hyde-park-london?src=longreads

BOOK THE FIRST 20 HOURS: HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING FAST

http://www.amazon.com/First-20-Hours-Learn-Anything/dp/1591845556/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386511404&sr=1-1&keywords=the+first+20+hours

UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE TAX AVOIDANCE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/26/marty-sullivan-figured-out-how-the-worlds-biggest-companies-avoided-billions-in-taxes-heres-how-he-wants-to-stop-them/?src=longreads

BOOK AMERICA'S ASSEMBLY LINE

http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Assembly-Line-David-Nye/dp/0262018713/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386511603&sr=1-1&keywords=america%27s+assembly+line

CORPORATE TAX AVOIDANCE AND IRELAND

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-28/man-making-ireland-tax-avoidance-hub-globally-proves-local-hero.html?src=longreads

INCOME INEQUALITY IN SILICON VALLEY

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004076-silicon-valley-no-model-america?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

TWIST TIES VS PLASTIC CLIPS IN BREAD PACKAGING

http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-13/twist-ties-vs-dot-plastic-clips-a-10-dot-6-billion-battle-of-tiny-titans?src=longreads

FAST FOOD WORKERS

http://harpers.org/archive/2013/11/home-of-the-whopper/?single=1

WHERE WOULD JESUS FILM?

http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2013/december/dallas-christian-film-entertainment?p=1

ARE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS A GOOD IDEA?

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004080-are-special-service-districts-a-boon-or-a-bane?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

THE COST OF TURKEY AND ETHANOL

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-drives-cost-of-turkeys.html#.UqR0-H2Ia2c

WW2 WIDOWS, MASS PRODUCTION OF HOUSING, AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-widows-peak.html#.UqR0nH2Ia2c

WW2 AND WIDOWS

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html#.UqR0GX2Ia2c

TRENDS IN UNITED STATES INCOME INEQUALITY

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-major-trends-in-us-income.html#.UqRzV32Ia2c

WHO WINS WITH ULTRA LOW INTEREST RATES

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/12/ultra-low-interest-rates-who-wins-who.html

LIQUIDITY AND EXCHANGES

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/12/03/the-5-trillion-dilemma-facing-banking-regulators/

5 YEARS AFTER LEHMAN

http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2013.12.03/1557.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EconomicPrincipals+%28Economic+Principals%29

HOW TO GET THE ANSWER YOU WANT

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/how-to-get-the-answer-you-want/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29