52 books and 365 articles: 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

Saturday, December 7, 2013

CROWDING THE POOR OUT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/12/how-poor-are-squeezed-out-most-affordable-housing/7785/

NEW YORK'S BROKEN TOLL SYSTEM

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/12/new-yorks-toll-system-completely-busted/7766/

CITIES WITH DOWNWARD TRENDS IN DRIVING

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/12/us-cities-leading-decline-driving/7767/

TINY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/12/tiny-houses-new-model-super-chic-affordable-housing/7753/

STREET GRIDS AND WALKABILITY

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/12/what-your-street-grid-reveals-about-your-city/7746/

Sunday, December 1, 2013

CIRCLE OF COMPETENCE

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/12/mental-model-circle-of-competence/

SAVING NEIGHBORHOODS FROM ABANDONED PROPERTIES

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/11/saving-neighborhoods-vacancy-vortex/7572/

ADMITTING IGNORANCE

http://alistapart.com/column/never-heard-of-it

INCOME DISPARITY IN SILICON VALLEY

http://m.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/silicon-chasm_768037.html?src=longreads

Saturday, November 30, 2013

WHY NORDIC COUNTRIES ARE SUCCESSFUL

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21570835-nordic-countries-are-probably-best-governed-world-secret-their?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

RISK, DECISIONS AND UNCERTAINTY

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/decisions-under-uncertainty/

25 COMMANDMENTS FOR WRITERS

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/jan/19/manifesto-simple-scribe-commandments-journalists?utm_medium=referral&view=mobile

EMBRACE WORK-LIFE IMBALANCE

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/02/embrace-work-life-imbalan/

GMO RICE SAVES LIVES

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/project_syndicate0/2013/02/gm_food_golden_rice_will_save_millions_of_people_from_vitamin_a_deficiency.single.html

PRISON AND POVERTY

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

IGNORANCE AND FICTION

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/two-types-of-ignorance/

PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND RISK AVERSION

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/11/stagnation-in-the-mind.html

DOES AN INCREASE IN SMALL BUSINESSES INCREASE JOBS?

http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/business-demographics/

UNPREDICTABLE CURRENCIES

http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2013/10/10/comment/chris-dillow/unpredictable-currencies-8vACTbWGeYbT4lLvoYmSWN/article.html

WHY AVOID RESPONSIBILITY?

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/11/the-responsibility-paradox.html

OVERCONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2010/09/overconfidence-pays.html

WAGES, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/high-pay-low-pay-and-secular-stagnation/

REASONS FOR OVERTRADING

http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2013/10/17/comment/chris-dillow/the-psychology-of-overtrading-IhEPkSlQULejB5GWOiyMyO/article.html

LUCK, TALENT AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/11/luck.html

THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/11/changes-in-americas-family-structure.html

FAILURE, IGNORANCE AND INEPTITUDE

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/why-we-fail/

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

IMPROVING HEALTH CARE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/business/overcoming-obstacles-to-better-health-care.html?emc=rss&_r=0&partner=rss

CALIFORNIA AND GOVERNOR BROWN

http://prospect.org/article/once-and-future-gov?src=longreads

MONEYBALL HIRING AND TALENT MANAGEMENT

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681/?utm_source=pulsenews

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

https://medium.com/p/892b57499e77

Monday, November 25, 2013

FALSE MEMORIES

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/how-many-of-your-memories-are-fake/281558/?utm_medium=referral

Sunday, November 24, 2013

THINKING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-man-who-would-teach-machines-to-think/309529/?src=longreads

MOUNTAIN LIONS IN LOS ANGELES

http://longform.org/posts/ghost-cat

THE ECONOMICS OF INFOMERCIALS

http://priceonomics.com/the-economics-of-infomercials/?utm_medium=referral

TRACKING TRUCKERS

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/haulin-data-how-trucking-became-the-frontier-of-work-surveillance/281605/

MIGRATION PATTERNS BETWEEN STATES

http://vizynary.com/2013/11/18/restless-america-state-to-state-migration-in-2012/

SELLING CERTAINTY

http://researchpuzzle.com/blog/2013/03/21/the-illusion-of-certainty/

THE FINANCIAL SELF HELP INDUSTRY

http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/prophet-dave-ramsey-personal-finance-67269/?src=longreads

BIG BANK BANKRUPTCY

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/economix/2013/11/07/the-bankruptcy-exemption/?partner=rss&emc=rss

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/24/heres-how-obama-is-cutting-medicare/

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

TYPES OF BOREDOM

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/five-types-boredom-explained-baby-animals-193400190.html

Sunday, November 17, 2013

THE COMING OIL GLUT

http://www.psmag.com/environment/oil-production-peak-oil-fracking-kern-river-north-dakota-brazil-energy-53395/?src=longreads

PEAK FARMLAND

http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/22/peak-farmland

HELIUM SHORTAGE

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/03/27/congress-must-legislate-to-avoid-a-helium-crisis/

UNDERGROUND NEW YORK

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2013/10/new-york-city-underground-subway-danger

NUTRITION AND POVERTY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2013/11/09/too-much-of-too-little/?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Friday, November 15, 2013

BOOK SUBURBAN NATION

http://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Nation-Sprawl-Decline-American/dp/0865477507/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384541859&sr=1-1&keywords=suburban+nation

Thursday, November 14, 2013

REPURPOSING PARKING GARAGES

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/11/its-time-design-parking-garages-car-less-future/7583/

Sunday, November 10, 2013

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DESALINATION PLANTS

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-desal-huntington-20131111,0,1885569.story

Saturday, November 9, 2013

NO TILL FARMING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/09/no-till-farming-is-on-the-rise-thats-actually-a-big-deal/

Friday, November 8, 2013

BOOK WALKABLE CITY

http://www.amazon.com/Walkable-City-Downtown-Save-America/dp/0865477728/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383940954&sr=1-1&keywords=walkable+city

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MANAGER?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/business/13hire.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

WALKABILITY AND REAL ESTATE VALUES

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/now-coveted-a-walkable-convenient-place.html?_r=0

BOOK THE COST DISEASE

http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Disease-Computers-Cheaper-Health/dp/0300198159/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383940767&sr=1-1&keywords=the+cost+disease

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

WALKABILITY - CHRIS LEINBERGER

http://www.chrisleinberger.com/articles.html

Monday, November 4, 2013

THE DECLINE OF COAL

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/04/heres-why-central-appalachias-coal-industry-is-dying/

POVERTY IS MAINSTREAM

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2013/11/02/poverty-in-america-is-mainstream/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Saturday, November 2, 2013

ELIMINATING TRAFFIC JAMS WITH CRUISE CONTROL

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/algorithm-could-mitigate-freeway-backups-1028.html

Monday, October 28, 2013

WHAT'S WRONG WITH PUERTO RICO?

http://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-debt-crisis-2013-10?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Saturday, October 26, 2013

THE SCIENCE OF SWARMS

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/powers-of-swarms/all/

Friday, October 25, 2013

THE DANGERS OF JUST IN TIME FOOD DISTRIBUTION

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/10/new-yorks-looming-food-disaster/7294/

WHAT IT'S LIKE IN PRISON

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/apr/01/issue-80-fog-count/

DISSONANCE THEORY - RECONCILING ACTIONS WITH BELIEFS

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130312-why-we-act-against-our-beliefs/print

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

LAW SCHOOL IS A SHAM

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/law_school_is_a_sham/

WHY NOT ACCURATELY MONITOR CLIMATE CHANGE?

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/lost-satellite?nopaging=1

CHOOSING LOW WAGE CAREERS

http://www.elle.com/_mobile/life-love/society-career/creative-ambition-versus-financially-stable-job?src=longreads

THE BUSINESS OF BOOKS

http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2013/spring/nash-business-literature/?utm_source=DailyNewsletter

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

REDUCING HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS

http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/USA/Education/2013/0331/Restorative-justice-One-high-school-s-path-to-reducing-suspensions-by-half?src=longreads

COFFEE AND ETHIOPIA

http://www.afar.com/magazine/coffeeland

WHAT DRIVES JUDGES' DECISIONS?

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112683/moneyball-judges

LIBOR AND SWAP MANIPULATION

http://feedly.com/k/12vVxFO

MICRO APARTMENTS

http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/2/big-city-tiny-apartment-small-scale-living-is-1

INMATE MENTAL ILLNESS

http://fresnoalliance.com/wordpress/?p=7800

Monday, October 21, 2013

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FLOODING

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2013/06/map_fema_study_shows_flood_hazard_areas_may_increase_45_percent_by_2100.html

PERFORMANCE PLATEAUS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/06/the-8-causes-of-plateaus/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+68131+%28Farnam+Street%29

DENTAL CARE AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/13/bad-teeth-broken-dreams-lack-of-dental-care-keeps-many-out-of-jobs.html

IMMIGRATION AND LOW WAGE JOBS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/low-skilled-immigrants-economic-burden-or-boon/2013/08/24/b1b88858-ed5b-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_print.html

EXCEPTIONS TO THE 10,000 HOUR RULE OF EXPERTISE

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html?utm_source=%22BarkingUpTheWrongTree%22WeeklyNewsletter

THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CODERS

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/eye/2013/04/18/code-red

REGULATING INTERNATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL BANKS

http://www.voxeu.org/article/there-future-international-banks

REASONS TO ASK FOR ADVICE

http://www.mediate.com/mobile/article.cfm?id=2748

POWERFUL SPEECH UNDERMINES COLLABORATION

http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/business-negotiations/the-perils-of-powerful-speech/

Sunday, October 20, 2013

SHARING THE BENEFITS OF PRODUCTIVITY GAINS

http://www.epi.org/blog/slow-wage-growth-sign-big-problem-profit/

LESSONS FROM DETROIT'S BANKRUPTCY

http://www.newgeography.com/content/003887-what-detroit-has-really-taught-america?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEADLINES

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/08/heres-what-really-happens-when/

FUTURE SHORTAGE OF CAREGIVERS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/huge-shortage-of-caregivers-looms-for-baby-boomers-report-says/2013/08/25/665fb2aa-0ab1-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

BOOK GIVE AND TAKE

http://www.amazon.com/Give-Take-Revolutionary-Approach-Success/dp/0670026557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382289915&sr=8-1&keywords=give+and+take

THE MENTAL TOLL OF POVERTY

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/

SLEEP IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/brains-flush-toxic-waste-in-sleep-including-alzheimers-linked-protein-study-of-mice-finds/2013/10/19/9af49e40-377a-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Saturday, October 19, 2013

THE EFFECT OF STUDENT AID ON TUITION COSTS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/03/the-tuition-is-too-damn-high-part-vii-is-government-aid-actually-making-college-more-expensive/

COLLEGE IS STILL WORTH IT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/27/the-tuition-is-too-damn-high-part-ii-why-college-is-still-worth-it/

UNCONTROLLED COLLEGE SPENDING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/02/the-tuition-is-too-damn-high-part-vi-why-theres-no-reason-for-big-universities-to-rein-in-spending/

TUITION AND THE COST DISEASE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/30/the-tuition-is-too-damn-high-part-v-is-the-economy-forcing-colleges-to-spend-more/

WHY COLLEGE TUITION IS INCREASING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/28/the-tuition-is-too-damn-high-part-iii-the-three-reasons-tuition-is-rising/

THE INCREASE IN COLLEGE TUITION

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/26/introducing-the-tuition-is-too-damn-high/

Friday, October 18, 2013

THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF CUL DE SACS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/10/sociologists-defense-cul-de-sac/7262/

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

BOOK THE LAST GUN

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Gun-Changes-Industry-Americans/dp/1595588302/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381273945&sr=1-1&keywords=the+last+gun+tom+diaz

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

BOOK MIND OVER MIND

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Surprising-Power-Expectations/dp/1591846579/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380649920&sr=1-1&keywords=mind+over+mind

Friday, September 27, 2013

BOOK WHITE BREAD

http://www.amazon.com/White-Bread-Social-History-Store-Bought/dp/0807044784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380317881&sr=1-1&keywords=white+bread+a+social+history+of+the+store-bought+loaf

BOOK THE PLATEAU EFFECT

http://www.amazon.com/Plateau-Effect-Getting-Stuck-Success/dp/0525952802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380317770&sr=1-1&keywords=the+plateau+effect

Saturday, September 14, 2013

BOOK THE AGE OF THE UNTHINKABLE

http://www.amazon.com/Age-Unthinkable-Disorder-Constantly-Surprises/dp/B005OHSL3C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379183745&sr=1-1&keywords=the+age+of+the+unthinkable

ECOLOGY FOR BANKERS

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=ecology%20for%20bankers&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeepeco.ucsd.edu%2F~george%2Fpublications%2F08_ecology_bankers.pdf&ei=2ac0UqLuD8TEigLqyoCYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEKhg094BO5WSK7zUTBdQzH9CPa-w&sig2=yWFQqVDqkJdqtfsaBHzBMA&cad=rjt

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

MIDDLE INCOME JOBS ARE DISAPPEARING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/27/heres-where-middle-class-jobs-are-vanishing-the-fastest/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein

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/

Saturday, July 27, 2013

COULD A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY HAVE SAVED DETROIT?

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-private-university-might-have-saved-detroit-2013-7?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

BOOK, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

http://www.amazon.com/Other-Peoples-Money-Housing-Greatest/dp/0525952659/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374694477&sr=8-2&keywords=other+people%27s+money

Sunday, July 14, 2013

FEDERAL FUNDING FOR INDIAN TRIBES

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/business/economy/us-budget-cuts-fall-heavily-on-american-indians.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

GROWING QUINOA

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/11/quinoa-should-be-taking-over-the-world-this-is-why-it-isnt/?wpisrc=nl_headlines

SMALL LOT HOMES IN LOS ANGELES

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-small-lot-homes-20130714,0,563473.story

BOOK, THE BANKERS NEW CLOTHES

http://www.amazon.com/Bankers-New-Clothes-Whats-Banking/dp/0691156840/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372543087&sr=1-1&keywords=the+bankers+new+clothes

ARSON IN DETROIT

http://www.businessinsider.com/arson-burns-out-of-control-as-detroit-declines-2013-7?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Saturday, July 13, 2013

ADAPTING PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO FEWER CARS

http://grist.org/news/as-more-urbanites-shun-cars-some-cities-shun-parking-space-requirements/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&sub_email=kjkleen%40gmail.com

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

BOOK, DROWNING IN OIL

http://www.amazon.com/Drowning-Oil-Reckless-Pursuit-Profit/dp/0071760814/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373484933&sr=8-1&keywords=drowning+in+oil

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

BOOK, THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL

http://www.amazon.com/Storytelling-Animal-Stories-Make-Human/dp/0544002342/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372890705&sr=1-1&keywords=the+storytelling+animal+how+stories+make+us+human+by+jonathan+gottschall

BOOK, THE ANTIDOTE

http://www.amazon.com/Antidote-Happiness-People-Positive-Thinking/dp/0865479410/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372890582&sr=1-1&keywords=the+antidote