THE HIGH COST OF TAR SANDS

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/The-High-Cost-of-Oil.html

URBAN CAMPING ORDINANCES TARGET THE HOMELESS

http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2014/12/28/urban-camping-keeps-homeless-local-streets/

REFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/09/the-counterrevolutionary/309427/

LEVERAGE DID NOT CAUSE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/06/how-we-got-the-crash-wrong/308984/?single_page=true

PRIVATIZING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MEMPHIS

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/when-outsiders-take-over-schools-lessons-from-memphis/280919/?single_page=true

SIMPLIFYING BLOOD TESTS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler?utm_source=tny

DO HIGHER TAXES REDUCE WILLINGNESS TO WORK?

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-24/do-higher-taxes-make-us-work-less

THE POWER OF PEER PRESSURE

https://hbr.org/2014/05/the-persuasive-pressure-of-peer-rankings/

FEAR AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL CONTROL

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/fifty-states-of-fear/

FEAR AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL CONTROL

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/fifty-states-of-fear/

WHAT'S BEHIND THE GROWTH IN DISABILITY INSURANCE?

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=4080

COMPONENTS OF TRUST

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/03/david-desteno-truth-about-trust/

CRITICAL THINKING NOT MEASURED BY IQ TESTS

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rational-and-irrational-thought-the-thinking-that-iq-tests-miss/

THE ECONOMICS OF BUFFETS

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/the-economists-who-studied-all-you-can-eat-buffets/384033/

PUBLIC SPACE IN NEW YORK

Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work #TED : http://on.ted.com/a0eL9

CHALLENGES, SKILL, AND FLOW

http://99u.com/articles/18486/not-too-hard-not-too-easy-finding-flow-in-your-work

PERCEPTION AND MOTIVATION

Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others #TED : http://on.ted.com/a0eKz

GENTRIFICATION IN OAKLAND

http://nextcity.org/features/view/oakland-gentrification-libby-schaaf-tech-industry-inequality-foreclosures?src=longreads

WHAT IS FATIGUE?

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/what-is-fatigue?utm_source=tny

EXTREME DAY CARE

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/business-economics/rise-extreme-daycare-working-24-hour-children-school-93860/?src=longreads

INSURERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/business/economy/insurers-retreat-from-weather-related-disasters.html?partner=rss&_r=0

INFRASTRUCTURE IS A LIABILITY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/8/19/is-a-street-an-asset.html

TALKING ABOUT SEISMIC RISK

https://medium.com/matter/the-aftershocks-7966d0cdec66?src=longreads

HOW PLAGUES REALLY WORK

http://aeon.co/magazine/health/the-next-pandemic-will-not-erupt-from-the-rainforest/?Src=longreads

SELF PUNISHMENT AS MOTIVATION

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/ulysses-strategy-self-control?utm_source=tny

THE DEATH OF MID BUDGET FILMS

http://flavorwire.com/492985/how-the-death-of-mid-budget-cinema-left-a-generation-of-iconic-filmmakers-mia/view-all?src=longreads

LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/funny-or-die/361618/

GENTRIFICATION IN HIGHLAND PARK

http://yorkandfig.com/?src=longreads

MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE SEYCHELLES

http://www.icij.org/offshore/sun-and-shadows-how-island-paradise-became-haven-dirty-money?src=longreads

HOW TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/05/improving-your-performance/

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DECLINE IN OIL PRICES

http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2014/12/22/seven-questions-about-the-recent-oil-price-slump/

MAKING HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/urbanization/Tackling_the_worlds_affordable_housing_challenge

HIGHWAY SOUND WALLS

https://medium.com/re-form/muting-the-freeway-e18ee195bd38

RAPPORT WORKS BETTER THAN TORTURE

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/the-humane-interrogation-technique-that-works-much-better-than-torture/383698/

A DIFFERENT KIND OF COLLEGE

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/06/shimer-college-illinois-worst-school-america?Src=longreads

THE OPTIMISM BIAS

Tali Sharot: The optimism bias #TED : http://on.ted.com/t0K6M

THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND CONSCIOUSNESS

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness #TED : http://on.ted.com/t0K6F

THE TWO GENERATION APPROACH TO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/a-different-approach-to-breaking-the-cycle-of-poverty/384029/

HOUSING FIRST TO END HOMELESSNESS

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/12/how-the-cycle-of-chronic-homelessness-beginsand-ends/383596/

TOAST AND MENTAL ILLNESS

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/toast-story-latest-artisanal-food-craze-72676/?src=longreads

PROFITS FROM PROSECUTION

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/opinion/civil-forfeiture-and-accountability.html?referrer=

THE MONEYBALL APPROACH TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/magazine/cyrus-vance-jrs-moneyball-approach-to-crime.html?_r=2&referrer=

BOOK : THE SOCIAL ORDER OF THE UNDERWORLD

http://www.amazon.com/Social-Order-Underworld-Prison-American/dp/0199328501/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419356590&sr=1-1&keywords=the+social+order+of+the+underworld

EB5 IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM

http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2014/12/02-eb-5-visa-immigrant-investors-singer?rssid=LatestFromBrookings

DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-04/demography-is-rewriting-our-economic-destiny

FINDING GOOD SCRIPTS

http://99u.com/articles/36321/franklin-leonard-how-to-finally-break-through

BOOK : THE NORM CHRONICLES

http://www.amazon.com/Norm-Chronicles-Stories-Numbers-Danger/dp/0465085709/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418856969&sr=8-1&keywords=the+norm+chronicles+stories+and+numbers+about+danger

NO LINK BETWEEN MASS TRANSIT AND CRIME

http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/12/the-myth-that-mass-transit-attracts-crime-persists-in-atlanta/383609/

ROAD DESIGN AND RISK

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/12/11/best-of-blog-texting-in-your-risk-gap

WALKABILITY IS GOOD FOR YOU

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/12/growing-evidence-shows-walkability-is-good-for-you-and-for-cities/383612/

HOW STRICT IS TOO STRICT

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/how-strict-is-too-strict/382228/

THE ROOTS OF MIDLIFE CRISIS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-real-roots-of-midlife-crisis/382235/

THE EXCREMENT EXPERIMENT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/excrement-experiment

WHEN GM WAS GOOGLE

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/g-m-google

BYPASSING THE BANKERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/bypassing-the-bankers/375068/

BUILDING BETTER TEACHERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/building-better-teachers/375066/

THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-future-of-college/375071/

THE REAL VALUE OF ON LINE EDUCATION

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/the-real-value-of-online-education/375561/

THE LAW SCHOOL SCAM

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-law-school-scam/375069/

HOW TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/how-to-talk-about-climate-change-so-people-will-listen/375067/?single_page=true

BOOK : A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I WILL NEVER DO AGAIN

http://www.amazon.com/Supposedly-Fun-Thing-Never-Again/dp/0316925284/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418410025&sr=1-3&keywords=david+foster+wallace

MAKING FOREIGN AID WORK

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120178/problem-international-development-and-plan-fix-it?src=longreads

END OF LIFE CARE

https://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/humane-endeavor/?src=longreads

PROBLEMS AT MCDONALD'S

http://fortune.com/2014/11/12/can-mcdonalds-get-its-mojo-back/

HOW CAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES GET DONORS?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/nyregion/at-college-where-alumni-pockets-are-shallow-a-struggle-to-raise-money.html?src=longreads&_r=0

LABOR AND PRODUCTIVITY

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-11-28/you-want-a-bigger-paycheck-convince-me

HIGH DEMAND FOR GRASSLANDS

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/ranchers-grass-land-rush

BOOK : WILLFUL BLINDNESS

http://www.amazon.com/Willful-Blindness-Ignore-Obvious-Peril/dp/0802777961/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417037276&sr=1-1&keywords=willful+blindness+why+we+ignore+the+obvious+at+our+peril

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PASSWORDS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/magazine/the-secret-life-of-passwords.html?src=longreads

WHEN DO MOOCS WORK?

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/can-you-learn-nanotechnology-online/383072/

CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS TODAY

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/11/can-david-still-sue-goliath/382966/

THE FUTURE OF SALMON

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/salmon-fresh-from-the-warehouse/383068/

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/upshot/the-changing-face-of-temporary-employment.html?partner=rss&_r=0&referrer=

THE HARDEST PLACES TO LIVE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/upshot/where-are-the-hardest-places-to-live-in-the-us.html?_r=1&abt=0002&abg=1

THE SPREAD OF SUBURBAN POVERTY

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/08/the-great-recession-cemented-poor-neighborhoods-in-the-suburbs/375528/

BEYOND BROKEN WINDOWS

http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/joe-fox-broken-windows/382668/

GENTRIFICATION AND SRO HOUSING IN CHICAGO

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/12/what-happens-when-housing-for-the-poor-is-remodeled-for-millennials/

WHOLE FOODS IN FOOD DESERTS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/14/why-whole-foods-is-moving-into-one-of-the-poorest-neighborhoods-in-chicago/

MORE GUNS EQUALS MORE CRIME

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/14/more-guns-more-crime-new-research-debunks-a-central-thesis-of-the-gun-rights-movement/

BOOK : LEADERS EAT LAST

http://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others/dp/1591845327/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415748373&sr=8-1&keywords=leaders+eat+last

IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT INFLATION

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/11/forecasting-inflation-with-fundamentals-its-hard.html#.VGF8DBnTnqA

CASINOS HURT CITIES

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/08/a-good-way-to-wreck-a-local-economy-build-casinos/375691/

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE ON READING AND TELEVISION

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/19/david-foster-wallace-charlie-rose-interview/

REINVENTING APARTMENT BUILDINGS

http://www.ted.com/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building

SLEEPING ELIMINATES WASTE FROM THE BRAIN

http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_iliff_one_more_reason_to_get_a_good_night_s_sleep

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN VALLEJO

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/11/the-city-that-gave-its-residents-3-million/382348/

VARIATION IN HEAD START RESULTS

http://equitablegrowth.org/news/learning-variation-effectiveness-head-start/

HOW A SNEEZE SPREADS

http://www.ansys-blog.com/simulation-confirms-your-mom-was-right-cover-up-when-sneezing/

CHARITY AND EFFICACY

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/11/05/361433850/why-your-brain-wants-to-help-one-child-in-need-but-not-millions

THE WORLD IS GETTING BETTER

http://www.businessinsider.com/25-ways-the-world-is-becoming-much-better-2014-11?op=1

FLOOD, REBUILD, REPEAT

http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2013/07/hurricane-sandy-global-warming-flooding

TEACHER SALARIES AND TEST PERFORMANCE

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/what-happens-to-test-scores-when-teachers-are-paid-125000-a-year/382340/

HOW TO LIVE: OR A LIFE OF MONTAIGNE

http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Montaigne-question-attempts-ebook/dp/B003E8AK4Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414945522&sr=8-1&keywords=How+to+live

HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES ANCHOR COMMUNITIES

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/11/universities-and-hospitals-are-the-new-anchor-institutions-for-cities/382110/

WALKING AND THINKING

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/walking-helps-us-think

WHY THE IMPRISONMENT RATE IS FALLING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/16/the-u-s-imprisonment-rate-has-fallen-for-the-fifth-straight-year-heres-why/

BICYCLE THEFT

http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/articles/this-is-what-happens-to-your-bike-after-its-stolen-october-2014?src=longreads

CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY DROUGHT

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west-snow-fail/?src=longreads

THE POLITICS OF SCHOOL LUNCHES

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/how-school-lunch-became-the-latest-political-battleground.html?src=longreads&_r=0

THE NEW DONUT

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004554-the-new-donut?utm_source=feedburner

CONTROLLING EBOLA

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/21-days/381901/

BOOK : THE LAWS OF SUBTRACTION

http://www.amazon.com/Laws-Subtraction-Simple-Winning-Everything/dp/0071795618/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414100753&sr=1-1&keywords=the+laws+of+subtraction

UNEXPECTED OUT OF NETWORK MEDICAL BILLS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/drive-by-doctoring-surprise-medical-bills.html?_r=0

KID UNFRIENDLY STREETS

http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/5380-kid-un-friendly-streets-child-pedestrian-deaths-injuries-vision-zero-new-york-city

THE ECONOMICS OF RENT TO OWN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/she-bought-a-sofa-on-installment-payments-now-its-straining-her-life/?src=longreads

POVERTY SPREADING INTO THE SUBURBS

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/08/the-great-recession-cemented-poor-neighborhoods-in-the-suburbs/375528/

ASKING AND GUESSING

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/change-life-asker-guesser

COLLEGE TUITION COSTS ARE NOT RISING

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-cost-of-college-is-not-rising.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FfygKk+%28Demo+Memo%29

WHY PEOPLE DON'T MOVE

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/09/why-people-stay-where-they-are/380583/

WHICH VIRUSES SHOULD WE BE AFRAID OF?

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-contagious-is-ebola-2014-10?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

REMOTE SHUTDOWN WHEN YOUR CAR PAYMENT IS LATE

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/miss-a-payment-good-luck-moving-that-car/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1

THE ECONOMICS OF SUBPRIME AUTO LOANS

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/09/the-ugly-economics-of-subprime-auto-loans/380946/

LANE WIDTH AND STREET SAFETY

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/10/why-12-foot-traffic-lanes-are-disastrous-for-safety-and-must-be-replaced-now/381117/

PRIVATIZING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2014/10/exit-voice-and-american-education.html

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS A NO BRAINER

http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/10/13/infrastructure-investment-truly-brainer-tuesday-focus-october-14-2014/

HOUSING VOUCHERS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/15/how-small-changes-to-federal-housing-policy-could-make-a-big-difference-for-poor-kids/

THE DECLINE IN NON-METRO POPULATION

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/10/explaining-nonmetro-population-decline.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FfygKk+%28Demo+Memo%29

PLACES AND NON-PLACES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/10/14/places-and-non-places

BANNING PLASTIC BAGS

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-plastic-bag-bans-work/

THE PRICE OF WATER

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/business/economy/the-price-of-water-is-too-low.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING EXPERIENCES

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-importance-of-sharing-experiences/381493/

OUTLOOK FOR THE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED

http://www.clevelandfed.org/forefront/article.cfm?a=14640

REGRET AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING

http://www.voxeu.org/article/regret-and-economic-decision-making

WHAT'S CAUSING LOWER LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION?

http://macroblog.typepad.com/macroblog/2014/10/whats-behind-declining-labor-force-participation-test-your-hypothesis-with-our-new-data-tool.html

DIM OUTLOOK FOR FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/outlook_palls_for_fossil_fuel_investments_20141018?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Truthdig+Truthdig%253A+Drilling+Beneath+the+Headlines

TRENDS IN HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004570-a-newer-geography-jobs-where-workers-with-advanced-degrees-are-concentrating-fastest?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

NONCOMPETE CLAUSES KILL EMPLOYEE MOBILITY

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/how-companies-kill-their-employees-job-searches/381437/?single_page=true

RICH HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS DO AS WELL AS POOR COLLEGE GRADUATES

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/

BOOK : THE BIG FAT SURPRISE

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Fat-Surprise-Butter-Healthy/dp/1451624425/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413560560&sr=1-1&keywords=the+big+fat+surprise

BOOK : RISK SAVVY

http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Savvy-Make-Good-Decisions/dp/0670025658/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412977431&sr=1-1&keywords=risk+savvy

WHY WAGES AREN'T RISING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catherine-rampell-the-case-of-the-missing-pay-raise/2014/10/06/39efc23c-4d7c-11e4-aa5e-7153e466a02d_story.html?wpisrc=nl-headlines&wpmm=1

IRRIGATION AND AVOCADOS

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/10/avocado-drought-chile-california

BOOK : THE DUCK THAT WON THE LOTTERY

http://www.amazon.com/The-Duck-That-Won-Lottery/dp/0452295416/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1412102676&sr=1-1

MODERN OYSTER FARMING

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/todays-oysters-are-mutants/380858/

THE LIMITATIONS OF TESTING WITH MICE

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/lab_mice_are_they_limiting_our_understanding_of_human_disease_.html

AGING AND GENETICS

http://nymag.com/news/features/ashkenazi-jews-2011-11/

CORN AND CLIMATE CHANGE

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/us_corns_gravy_train_faces_derailment_20140622?utm_source=feedburner

DETROIT TACKLES BLIGHT

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/06/watch-detroit-tackle-blight-in-real-time/373038/

CASINOS AND THE POOR

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/gaming-the-poor/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_r=0

INNOVATION AND DISRUPTION

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine?currentPage=all

HOUSTON'S SUCCESS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004425-success-and-city-houstons-pro-growth-policies-producing-urban-powerhouse?utm_source=feedburner

DRAWING DOWN OUR AQUIFERS

http://californiawaterblog.com/2014/07/15/weathering-the-drought-by-drawing-down-the-bank/

WHY PEOPLE MOVE TO UNHAPPY PLACES

http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/07/why-people-still-move-to-unhappy-places/374358/

PARKING IS EATING OUR CITIES

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/07/how-parking-spaces-are-eating-our-cities-alive/374413/

ALMONDS ARE SUCKING CALIFORNIA DRY

http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/07/your-almond-habit-is-sucking-california-dry/374409/

FIXING HOMELESSNESS IN UTAH

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free/

WHAT CAUSES PEANUT ALLERGIES

http://www.businessinsider.com/peanut-allergy-browned-off-2014-9?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

THE BEST MAPS

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/09/my-5-favorite-maps-bill-rankin/380839/

THE END OF TIMBUKTU

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/16/-sp-life-timbuktu-mali-ancient-city-gold-slowly-turning-to-dust?src=longreads

FOOD WASTE IN THE UNITED STATES

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/food-waste-weighing-down-us-food-system

HOW TO SEE THE FUTURE

http://timharford.com/2014/09/how-to-see-into-the-future/

COMPOSTING FOOD WASTE

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/curbside-composting-food-waste-not-total-loss

GROCERY STORES WASTE FOOD

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/grocery-stores-waste-tons-food-they-woo-shoppers

GOOGLE AND PRIVACY

http://www.newyorker.com/?p=2833081&mbid=social_tablet_e

BOOK : HOW NOT TO BE WRONG

http://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Wrong-Mathematical/dp/1594205221/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1411512752&sr=1-1

LAND USE BATTLES IN SEATTLE

http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/954561-129/the-land-use-battle-that-is-reshaping

BOOK : ZEALOT

http://www.amazon.com/Zealot-life-times-Jesus-Nazareth-ebook/dp/B00BRUQ7ZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-1&keywords=zealot+the+life+and+times+of+jesus+of+nazareth

BOOK : TOMS RIVER

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=toms+river+a+story+of+science+and+salvation&sprefix=Toms+%2Cstripbooks%2C608

DROP DEAD DETROIT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/27/drop-dead-detroit

SUBURBS MAKE US FAT

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/blame-the-city/375888/

NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME RATE AND INCARCERATION

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/12/these-states-cut-their-incarceration-rates-and-still-had-a-decline-in-crime/

PREVENTING PLAGUES

http://aeon.co/magazine/health/the-next-pandemic-will-not-erupt-from-the-rainforest/?Src=longreads

PRIVATE GUN SALES AND BACKGROUND CHECKS

http://www.upworthy.com/they-recorded-125-phone-calls-what-they-found-made-my-stomach-turn?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+upworthy+%28Upworthy%29

CONGESTION PRICING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/9/9/how-to-solve-traffic-jams.html#.VA-_Z67D_bU

BOOK : TALK LIKE TED

http://www.amazon.com/Talk-Like-TED-Public-Speaking-Secrets/dp/1250041120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409503758&sr=8-1&keywords=speak+like+ted

POLICE INTERROGATION

http://www.businessinsider.com/police-interrogation-advice-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

STASH PAD

http://nymag.com/news/features/foreigners-hiding-money-new-york-real-estate-2014-6/?src=longreads

WHY IS THE TEEN BIRTH RATE FALLING?

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/20/5987845/the-mystery-of-the-falling-teen-birth-rate

WHY ROTISSERIE CHICKEN IS CHEAP

http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-nosh/grocery-store-rotisserie-chickens.html

SINGLE TASKING MAKES YOU SMARTER

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/05/08/why-single-tasking-makes-you-smarter/

COST OF LIVING IS ALL ABOUT HOUSING

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/07/cost-of-living-is-really-all-about-housing/373128/

RISKY STREETS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/7/15/more-on-risk-compensation.html#.VAJD-u7n9PE

WHY GOVERNMENT FAILS

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/07/14-cascade-failures-why-government-fails-light?rssid=LatestFromBrookings

THREE REASONS YOU UNDERESTIMATE RISK

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/3-reasons-you-underestimate-risk/?utm_source=feedburner

THE ZEIGARNIK EFFECT AND PRODUCTIVITY

http://blog.sandglaz.com/zeigarnik-effect-scientific-key-to-better-work/

WHY COLLEGE TUITION KEEPS GOING UP

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/08/colleges_are_full_of_it_behind_the_three_decade_scheme_to_raise_tuition_bankrupt_generations_and_hypnotize_the_media/?src=longreads

WHY POOR SCHOOLS CAN'T WIN AT STANDARDIZED TESTING

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/07/why-poor-schools-cant-win-at-standardized-testing/374287/?src=longreads

THE FUTURE OF ICED COFFEE

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-future-of-iced-coffee/375114/?src=longreads

WHY DENVER IS TRUCKING ITS HOMELESS TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/08/why-denver-is-trucking-its-homeless-to-the-middle-of-nowhere/

WHO GETS TO GRADUATE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html?ref=magazine

TED: EXPLORING THE OCEANS

Robert Ballard: The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean #TED : http://on.ted.com/p04rO

TED: CROP INSURANCE FOR POOR FARMERS

Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding #TED : http://on.ted.com/a0OnR

TED: THE ART OF ASKING

Amanda Palmer: The art of asking #TED : http://on.ted.com/b0Orh

LOUISIANA IS DROWNING

http://grist.org/climate-energy/louisiana-is-drowning-quickly/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Aug%252029&utm_campaign=daily

TED: BODY LANGUAGE

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are #TED : http://on.ted.com/g0QJJ

TED: HOW IDEAS SPREAD

Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread #TED : http://on.ted.com/d0Oje

TED: CHOICE AND HAPPINESS

Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce #TED : http://on.ted.com/h0Qek

TED: HOW SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY

Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity #TED : http://on.ted.com/b0OmG

BOOK THE CURMUDGEON'S GUIDE TO GETTING AHEAD

http://www.amazon.com/Curmudgeons-Guide-Getting-Ahead-Behavior/dp/0804141444/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409334619&sr=1-1&keywords=curmudgeons+guide+to+getting+ahead

BOOK ASTORIA

http://www.amazon.com/Astoria-Jeffersons-Pacific-Ambition-Survival/dp/0062218298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409334493&sr=1-1&keywords=astoria

WHY LOS ANGELES HOUSING COSTS SO MUCH

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-housing-all-across-la-costs-so-much-2014-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

BOOK YOU ARE NOW LESS DUMB

http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Now-Less-Dumb/dp/1592408796/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408545294&sr=1-1&keywords=you+are+now+less+dumb

BUSINESS PROFIT MARGINS

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-least-profitable-industry-in-america-is-also-one-of-its-fastest-growing-2014-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

BOOK A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION

http://www.amazon.com/More-Beautiful-Question-Inquiry-Breakthrough/dp/1620401452/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407297476&sr=1-1&keywords=a+more+beautiful+question

BOOK AUSTERITY: THE HISTORY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA

http://www.amazon.com/Austerity-History-Dangerous-Mark-Blyth/dp/019982830X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407297302&sr=1-1&keywords=austerity+the+history+of+a+dangerous+idea

WHY THE SOUTH IS GROWING

http://mikethemadbiologist.com/2012/12/04/how-the-south-rose-again-massive-keynesian-stimulus/

DECLINING NEIGHBORHOODS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN GENTRIFICATION

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014/05/the-overwhelming-persistence-of-neighborhood-poverty/371165/

POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/population-panic/

FREE PARKING AND COMMUTING

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/08/its-amazing-how-many-more-commuters-would-drive-less-if-they-didnt-get-free-parking/375402/

ELECTRICITY DEMAND DESTRUCTION

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/07/were-moving-beyond-energy-efficiency-into-demand-destruction/375398/

THE EFFECT OF CUTTING LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/upshot/north-carolinas-misunderstood-cut-in-jobless-benefits.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

OPEN SOURCE PLANTS

http://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2014/05/linux-lettuce?src=longreads

LOCALS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/05/in-real-estate-locals-know-best.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FfygKk+%28Demo+Memo%29

THE POWER OF POSITIVE ILLUSIONS

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/04/david-mcraney-self-enchancement-bias/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29

BOOK EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS

http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Equations-Creating-Happiness-Business/dp/1451607261/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406065654&sr=1-1&keywords=emotional+equations+by+chip+conley

BOOK ART AND FEAR

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking/dp/0961454733/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405968588&sr=1-1&keywords=art+%26+fear+observations+on+the+perils+and+rewards+of+artmaking

BOOK CATASTROPHIC CARE

http://www.amazon.com/Catastrophic-Care-Everything-Health-Vintage/dp/034580273X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405968427&sr=1-1&keywords=Catastrophic++care

THE ZEIGARNIK EFFECT

http://blog.sandglaz.com/zeigarnik-effect-scientific-key-to-better-work/

THE FIVE TYPES OF PROCRASTINATORS

http://blog.sandglaz.com/5-types-of-procrastinators/?utm_source=feedburner

PATENT TROLLS

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/26/138576167/when-patents-attack

AGING SOCIETIES

http://www.businessinsider.com/population-charts-china-japan-the-us-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

MEMORY SKILLS THAT MAKE YOU SMARTER

http://www.businessinsider.com/learning-hacks-that-will-maximize-your-memory-2014-6

MIRACLE RICE COULD SAVE LIVES

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-golden-rice-2014-6?utm_source=feedburner

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT

http://www.businessinsider.com/californias-drought-cost-state-22-billion-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

IMPROVING GOVERNMENT

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/upshot/the-quiet-movement-to-make-government-fail-less-often.html?partner=rss&_r=0

LARGE URBAN CORES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004428-large-urban-cores-products-history?utm_source=feedburner

ADVANCES IN FUEL ECONOMY

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/07/the-us-has-quietly-made-some-remarkable-advances-in-fuel-efficiency/374469/

THE LINK BETWEEN CRIME AND POPULATION GROWTH

http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/07/the-link-between-so-called-murder-capitals-and-population-decline/374484/

LESSONS FROM AMERICA'S WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

http://magazine.nd.edu/news/49015/?src=longreads

PIT BULLS

http://www.esquire.com/features/american-dog-0814?src=longreads

NUCLEAR POWER WASTE

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/waste_problems_still_haunt_nuclear_option_20140717?utm_source=feedburner

THE SLOWDOWN IN HEALTH CARE SPENDING

http://www.businessinsider.com/health-care-spending-growth-slow-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

AVOIDING STUPIDITY IS EASIER THAN BEING BRILLIANT

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/06/avoiding-stupidity/

WINNERS GAMES AND LOSERS GAMES

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=wSbDU7ySA6TF8QHwxoHQDw&url=http://www.ifa.com/pdfs/ellis_charles_the_losers_game_1975.pdf&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNH9vSIS_kXkLPU2Kr4PckEEQLgUbA&sig2=W9_gCE9MFawfds8CkbzpCg

AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS RUNNING ON EMPTY

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/opinion/americas-highways-running-on-empty.html?partner=rss

COMMODITY PRICES AND RESOURCE SCARCITY

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2014/05/commodity-prices-and-resource-scarcity

HOW GREENPEACE INFLUENCES CORPORATE BEHAVIOR

http://www.businessinsider.com/greenpeace-fortune-500-deforestation-global-warming-2014-6?op=1

FEDERAL TAX CREDITS FOR REBUILDING WETLANDS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/equity-firm-restores-louisiana-marshland-to-earn-credits-it-can-sell.html?partner=rss&_r=0

WHY CARS ARE MORE POPULAR THAN TRANSIT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/07/why-cars-remain-so-appealing-even-in-cities-with-decent-public-transit/

OREGON'S PAY PER MILE HIGHWAY FUNDING

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/07/hey-congress-oregon-has-your-long-term-highway-funding-solution-right-here/374139/

INDIVIDUAL VS. GROUP RISK TAKING

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/a-case-for-group-risk-taking/?utm_source=feedburner

MYTHS ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT

http://californiawaterblog.com/2014/07/10/challenging-myth-and-mirage-in-californias-drought/

PROFITING FROM URGENT CARE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/business/race-is-on-to-profit-from-rise-of-urgent-care.html?_r=2

BACTERIA, OBESITY AND DEPRESSION

http://www.businessinsider.com/probiotics-can-make-you-skinny-and-happy-2014-6?utm_source=feedburner

FLOW

http://www.businessinsider.com/graph-on-how-to-be-happy-at-work-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

URBAN HEAT ISLANDS

http://www.businessinsider.com/which-cities-get-hottest-in-summer-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

THE BENEFITS OF SUPERSTITION

http://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-benefits-of-superstitions-2014-7?utm_source=feedburner

DRIVERS OF US PRODUCTIVITY

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1149cda-fd39-11e3-8ca9-00144feab7de.html#axzz36mTqAB9a

HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO

http://boom.lareviewofbooks.org/living-fools-paradise/

BRINGING BACK PLEASURE BEACH

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/28/bringing_pleasure_back_to_new_englands_detroit_can_a_ghost_town_in_long_island_sound_be_revived_from_the_dead/

BOOK GOOD GERMS, BAD GERMS

RENT AND INFLATION

http://www.businessinsider.com/shelter-inflation-will-continue-to-rise-2014-6?utm_source=feedburner

THE DEATH OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/6/11/the-death-of-neighborhood-schools.html#.U7FmUeHn9PE

INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/06/23-wage-potential-infrastructure-jobs-kane-puentes

DALLAS AT A CROSSROADS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004385-dallas-a-city-transition?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

BOOK OVERWHELMED

http://www.amazon.com/Overwhelmed-Work-Love-Play-When/dp/0374228442/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403645719&sr=1-1&keywords=overwhelmed+work+love+and+play+when+no+one+has+the+time

BOOK THE SOIL WILL SAVE US

http://www.amazon.com/Soil-Will-Save-Us-Scientists/dp/1609615549/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403210743&sr=1-1&keywords=the+soil+will+save+us

BOOK THE GUARDIAN OF ALL THINGS

http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-All-Things-Story-Memory/dp/1250023238/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403210611&sr=1-1&keywords=the+guardian+of+all+things

BOOK THE SIXTH EXTINCTION

http://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Extinction-Unnatural-History/dp/0805092994/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403210518&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sixth+extinction+elizabeth+kolbert

WALKABILITY EQUALS HIGHER RENTS

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/06/making-the-real-estate-case-for-walkable-urban-places/372968/

HOW PEDESTRIANS BEHAVE

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/walking/2012/04/walking_in_america_what_scientists_know_about_how_pedestrians_really_behave_.html

DESIGNING FOR PEDESTRIANS

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/walking/2012/04/walking_in_america_how_we_can_become_pedestrians_once_more_.html

WALK SCORES

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/walking/2012/04/walking_in_america_how_walk_score_puts_a_number_on_walkability_.html

THE DECLINE OF WALKING IN AMERICA

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/walking/2012/04/why_don_t_americans_walk_more_the_crisis_of_pedestrianism_.html?src=longreads

PARKING METERS EASE CONGESTION

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/please-feed-the-meters/?src=longreads

HEURISTICS CAN SAVE LIVES

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/06/gerd-gigerenzer-risk-savvy/

PRIVATE SECURITY IN OAKLAND

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-thin-blue-privatized-line?page=1

ECONOMISTS CAN'T PREDICT TURNING POINTS

http://www.voxeu.org/article/predicting-economic-turning-points

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICAN AGING

http://theamericanscholar.org/the-fear-factor/

HOMELESS IN BROOKLYN

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=0

THE OBESITY ERA

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/david-berreby-obesity-era/

BOOK THE NEXT AMERICA

http://www.amazon.com/Next-America-Millennials-Generational-Showdown/dp/1610393503/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402095520&sr=1-1&keywords=the+next+america

BOOK THE UPSIDE OF DOWN

http://www.amazon.com/Up-Side-Down-Failing-Success/dp/067002614X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401494511&sr=1-1&keywords=the+upside+of+down

REVOLT OF THE CITIES

http://prospect.org/article/revolt-cities?src=longreads

WATER IN CALIFORNIA

http://www.themorningnews.org/article/big-water

THE DEATH OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/from-master-plan-to-no-plan-the-slow-death-of-public-higher-education?src=longreads

WHY IT'S HARD TO CHANGE OUR MINDS

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/13/backfire-effect-mcraney/

REFORMING EDUCATION IN NEWARK

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/19/140519fa_fact_russakoff?currentPage=all

ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN SALT LAKE CITY

http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/04/why-low-income-kids-thrive-salt-lake-city/9005/

WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE RISK?

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21594982-why-some-people-are-more-cautious-their-finances-others-risk

THE GREAT RECESSION AND LOW INCOME BORROWERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/house-of-debt/371282/

THE SPIRAL OF SILENCE

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence

DOOR IN THE FACE VS FOOT IN THE DOOR

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique

OVERTON WINDOW: THE POLITICALLY POSSIBLE

http://www.mackinac.org/7504

CITIES WHERE IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE A PEDESTRIAN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/21/why-southern-cities-are-so-much-more-dangerous-for-pedestrians/

REOCCUPYING DETROIT

http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/2014/05/block-by-block.html

BOOK THE ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE

http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Violence-Biological-Roots-Vintage/dp/0307475611/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400627674&sr=1-1&keywords=the+anatomy+of+violence

ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHOUT POPULATION GROWTH

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004316-population-growth-cure-incredible-shrinking-city?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

COMMUTING BY HABIT

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/04/you-may-be-addicted-your-car/8998/

THE PROBLEM WITH FRONTAGE ROADS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/4/29/ask-strong-towns-question-4.html#.U3mHXc7n9PE

PATTERNS IN US JOB GROWTH

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/28/u-s-job-growth-is-coming-in-all-the-wrong-places/

THE GAMBLER'S FALLACY AND WINNING AND LOSING STREAKS

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-gamblers-fallacy-and-the-hot-hand-2014-4?utm_source=feedburner

BOOK TRAIN

http://www.amazon.com/Train-Created-World%C2%97-Trans-Siberian-Southwest/dp/0670025283/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400472587&sr=1-1&keywords=train

MARCHETTI'S CONSTANT

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2012/11/pedestrians-cities-have-become-wilderness/3878/

WHY COPS SEEM ARROGANT

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-simple-explanation-for-why-cops-seem-arrogant-2014-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

WHO WALKS OR BIKES TO WORK?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/09/the-demographic-paradox-of-who-bikes-and-walks-to-work/

BOOK COUNTDOWN

http://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Last-Best-Future-Earth/dp/0316097748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399832466&sr=1-1&keywords=countdown

WHY WEREN'T EXECUTIVES PROSECUTED FOR THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS?

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/jan/09/financial-crisis-why-no-executive-prosecutions/?pagination=false

TRUST IN THE SHARE ECONOMY

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/trust-in-the-share-economy/?src=longreads

STATISTICAL ERRORS

http://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/1325/impressive-common-misleading-interpretations-in-statistics-to-make-students-awar

OPEN OFFICES ARE BAD

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/01/the-open-office-trap.html?src=longreads

POST APOCALYPSE AMERICA: CAMDEN NEW JERSEY

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/apocalypse-new-jersey-a-dispatch-from-americas-most-desperate-town-20131211?print=true

EMPLOYMENT TESTING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/online-tests-are-the-latest-gateway-to-landing-a-new-job/2014/05/08/c5eebc6a-cb2d-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html?wpisrc=nl%5Fhdln

THE NEWS IS BAD FOR YOU

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli

TRANSPORTATION AND JOB ACCESS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/mapping-tool-demystifies-link-between-transportation-and-jobs/8986/

REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN LANCASTER

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/5/1/adding-value-lancaster-blvd.html#.U2UjtM7n9PE

DENSITY = DEMOCRATS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/02/how-suburbs-change-more-density-means-more-democrats/

CRIME! RACE AND POVERTY IN THE USA

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2014/05/10-crime-facts

FEDERAL HOUSING SUBSIDIES ARE SKEWED TOWARDS THE RICH

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=4067

BUILDING RELIABLE MODELS

http://aeon.co/magazine/world-views/should-we-trust-scientific-models-to-tell-us-what-to-do/

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT SHORTAGES

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/print/2013/05/22/children-are-dying.php?src=longreads

WEEKLY HOTEL RENTALS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING

http://prospect.org/article/weeklies?src=longreads

STATISTICAL NOISE AND THE JOBS REPORT

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/upshot/how-not-to-be-misled-by-the-jobs-report.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1

BOOK NO SLACK

http://www.amazon.com/No-Slack-Financial-Low-Income-Americans/dp/0815722338/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398982003&sr=1-1&keywords=no+slack

BOOK FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718964/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398981871&sr=1-1&keywords=five+days+at+memorial

WHY TOUGH TEACHERS GET RESULTS

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304213904579095303368899132

STORY STRUCTURE

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/02/the-structure-of-a-story/

THE BEST WAY TO BOARD AIRPLANES

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/04/airplane-boarding-time-managing-scarce.html

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/?src=longreads

COMPARATIVE COST OF ENERGY SOURCES

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/04/comparing-electricity-production-costs.html

GAMBLER'S FALLACY, HOT HAND FALLACY AREN'T FALLACIES?

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-gamblers-fallacy-and-the-hot-hand-2014-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

OIL AND GAS PRICES

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2014/04/oil-and-gasoline-prices-many-still-missing-the-big-picture

HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004269-the-new-downtown-los-angeles?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

BOOK ON LOOKING

http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Eleven-Walks-Expert-Eyes/dp/1611736978/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398294542&sr=1-2&keywords=on+looking+eleven+walks+with+expert+eyes

MIGRATION PATTERNS IN AMERICAN CITIES

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2014/04/2-very-different-migrations-driving-growth-us-cities/8873/

LEARNING AND PLAY

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/children-today-are-suffering-a-severe-deficit-of-play/

BOOK SMALL MOVE BIG CHANGE

http://www.amazon.com/Small-Move-Big-Change-Microresolutions/dp/0670015342/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1397654433&sr=1-1&keywords=small+move+big+change

OVER RELIANCE ON SALES TAXES HURTS CITIES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/4/16/the-problem-with-sales-tax.html#.U06B087nZPE

CAN FRACKING SAVE OHIO?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-the-shale-gas-boom-save-ohio/2012/02/27/gIQAC44LpR_print.html

GOOD KIDS USE HEROIN TOO

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/March-2014/Heroin-in-Charlotte/?src=longreads

PROBLEMS AT BIG LAW

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113941/big-law-firms-trouble-when-money-dries?src=longreads

DO HIGH DISCOUNT RATES CAUSE POVERTY?

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/the-causes-of-poverty-78-high-discount-rates-and-lack-of-delayed-gratification/

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS ONE STORE AT A TIME

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/06/286414325/growing-an-urban-neighborhood-one-store-at-a-time?ft=1

THE EVOLUTION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/our-numbered-days-the-evolution-of-the-area-code/283803/?src=longreads

MAKING CONVICTS EMPLOYABLE

http://prospect.org/article/there-hope-survivors-drug-wars?src=longreads

WHY LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT IS SELF PERPETUATING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catherine-rampell-when-long-term-unemployment-becomes-self-perpetuating/2014/03/24/c54b76ec-b366-11e3-b899-20667de76985_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions

WILL TECHNOLOGY CREATE A JOB APOCALYPSE?

http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-technology-and-trade-policy-is-pointing-america-toward-a-job-apocalypse/2014/03/26/ba331784-b513-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html?wpisrc=nl%5Feve

SQUATTING IN NEW YORK

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/04/squatters-of-the-lower-east-side/?Src=longreads

POSITIVE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE USA

http://www.businessinsider.com/positive-us-demographics-2014-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

BOOK THE SHALLOWS

http://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1397250325&sr=1-1&keywords=the+shallows

SHIFTING DRIVERS TO TRANSIT

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/cutting-car-reliance-one-trip-time-seattle/8822/

CAN YOU WALK TO A GROCERY STORE?

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/us-quick-walk-store-rare-thing-indeed/8837/

TRANSIT IN HOUSTON

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/can-houston-learn-love-light-rail/8820/

WHY LANE SWITCHING MAKES US FEEL BETTER

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2014/04/11/the-utility-of-switching-lanes/

HIGHWAY TRUST FUND NEARS BANKRUPTCY; LAST GAS TAX INCREASE IN 1993

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/04/11/Glimmer-Hope-Ending-Highway-Construction-Crisis

MATCHING PEOPLE TO JOBS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-recovery-puzzle-a-new-factory-in-ohio-struggles-to-match-jobs-to-job-seekers/2014/04/05/098d53ec-b44e-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html?src=longreads

THE LINK (OR NOT) BETWEEN SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AND POVERTY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/10/the-relationship-between-single-mothers-and-poverty-is-not-as-simple-as-it-seems/

SMALL DOGS ARE REPLACING BABIES

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/americans-are-having-dogs-instead-babies/8846/

HELPING THE UNEXOTIC UNDERCLASS

http://miter.mit.edu/the-unexotic-underclass/

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND SAYING NO

http://insideintercom.io/product-strategy-means-saying-no/

HISTORY OF DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS

http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/45768546804/diamonds-are-bullshit

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TOLL OF BEING A POLICEMAN

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/life-of-a-police-officer-medically-and-psychologically-ruinous/284324/?src=longreads

MONSTER WAVES

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Monsterwellen.html

SURVIVERSHIP BIAS

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/

HIGH TECH PUNISHMENT

http://aeon.co/magazine/living-together/should-biotech-make-life-hellish-for-criminals/?src=longreads

LEARNING HOW TO TEACH

http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDTalks_video+%28TEDTalks+Main+%28SD%29+-+Site%29#t-402517

THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/04/the-default-thinking-method-of-problem-solving/

EXPERT GENERALISTS

http://99u.com/articles/7269/picasso-kepler-and-the-benefits-of-being-an-expert-generalist

COUNTY PATTERN PROPERTY TAXES

http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/county-property-taxes-map

COUNTY PATTERN INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS

http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/county-income-tax-deduction-map

COUNTY PATTERN INCOME TAX PAYMENTS

http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/county-income-taxes-map

COUNTY PATTERN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT

http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/county-eitc-map

WORLD IMMIGRATION PATTERNS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/new-visualization-world-migration-flows/8801/

BOOK FOCUS

http://www.amazon.com/Focus-Hidden-Excellence-Daniel-Goleman/dp/0062114867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396638501&sr=1-1&keywords=focus+goleman

BIRTH AND DEATH PATTERNS IN THE UNITED STATES

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-census-county-births-deaths-map-2014-3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

JUDICIAL EXTORTION OF THE POOR: COURT FINES

http://www.thenation.com/article/178845/town-turned-poverty-prison-sentence

PUBLIC ACCESS TO CALIFORNIA BEACHES

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/bummer-beach?page=2

LAW FIRM FAILURE

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/10/14/131014fa_fact_stewart?currentPage=all

VIRAL NEWS: UPWORTHY

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/upworthy-team-explains-its-success.html?mid=longreads

BOOK THE AGE OF AGING

http://www.amazon.com/Age-Aging-Demographics-Changing-Economy/dp/0470822910/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396158646&sr=1-1&keywords=the+age+of+aging

OVERPROTECTED KIDS

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/03/hey-parents-leave-those-kids-alone/358631/

CALIFORNIA'S SHIFT FROM CARS

http://grist.org/news/meet-the-new-california-where-paris-hilton-isnt-cool-but-walking-biking-and-transit-are/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520March%252026&utm_campaign=daily

STUCK IN POVERTY

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/business/economy/low-wage-workers-finding-its-easier-to-fall-into-poverty-and-harder-to-get-out.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1

WHEN TO ACT ON CORRELATION

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/03/when-to-act-on-a-correlation-and-when-not-to/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

DC'S KINDERGARTEN LOTTERY

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/work-education/education/how-not-to-get-your-kid-into-kindergarten/?Src=longreads

RETAIL SALES WORK

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/my-life-as-a-retail-worker-nasty-brutish-and-poor/284332/?Src=longreads

BOOK TEMPTATION: FINDING SELF CONTROL IN AN AGE OF EXCESS

BETTER THAN ADDRESSES

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/plan-replace-geographic-coordinates-earth-unique-strings-three-words-180949946/?no-ist

GRADING AND MASTERY

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/letter-grades-deserve-an-f/284372/

BICYCLING DEATHS

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to-kill-cyclists.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1384475682-0l2hJugSRh9AXFfXNBZgXw&&pagewanted=all

OVERESTIMATING RISK

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/14/why-were-awful-at-assessing-risk.aspx

OPEN OFFICES ARE BAD

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/01/the-open-office-trap.html

PROBLEMS WITH GRADING

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/why-teachers-secretly-hate-grading-papers/266931/?utm_source=pulsenews

THE BARISTA CLASS

http://www.theawl.com/2014/03/the-service-economy-trap-inside-brooklyns-barista-class?src=longreads

WAREHOUSE EMPLOYMENT

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

LIGHT POLLUTION

http://m.nautil.us/issue/11/light/drowning-in-light?utm_medium=referral

PRISONS IN SMALL TOWNS

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=mqr;c=mqr;c=mqrarchive;idno=act2080.0039.415;view=text;rgn=main;xc=1;g=mqrg

THE FEYNMAN TECHNIQUE FOR LEARNING

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/04/learn-anything-faster-with-the-feynman-technique/

RELATIONSHIPS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMBITION

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/relationships-are-more-important-than-ambition/275025/

JOB POLARIZATION

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2014/02/job-polarization-and-middle-class-workers-wages.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EconomistsView+%28Economist%27s+View%29

USING LOGARITHMS

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2014/02/use-of-logarithms-in-economics

THE STRUCTURE OF STORIES

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/02/the-structure-of-a-story/

PROBLEMS AT WIKIPEDIA

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/?src=longreads

VITAMINS CAN BE BAD FOR YOU

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitamin-myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/

SURVEILLANCE BY ALGORITHM

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/surveillance_by.html

SAN FRANCISCO'S TENDERLOIN

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/arise-tenderloin?page=2

SELF REGULATION AND DISORDER

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-20/site/sc-cons-0220-karpspend-20140220_1_self-control-maureen-morrin-consumers

AN OVERVIEW OF SELF REGULATION

http://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol4Iss1/SelfRegulation.htm

FAILURE TO TRUST

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2013/12/21/in-no-one-we-trust/?_r=0

TAXATION OF ALCOHOL

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21591871-raising-price-booze-saves-lives-and-money-scotland-right-try-it-we-wish-you?frsc=dg%7Cd

THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY ON JOBS

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21594298-effect-todays-technology-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immenseand-no-country-ready?frsc=dg%7Cd

FALSIFICATION AND THE CONFIRMATION BIAS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/02/peter-cathcart-wason-falsification/

AMERICAN DAY CARE IS BAD

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112892/hell-american-day-care?src=longreads

MODERN MARRIAGE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/opinion/sunday/the-all-or-nothing-marriage.html?_r=0

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF LESS DRIVING

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/02/05/why-america-stopped-driving.aspx

OREGON'S SAD FOCUS ON HAPPINESS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004188-oregons-sad-focus-happiness?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29

BOOK AVERAGE IS OVER

http://www.amazon.com/Average-Over-Powering-America-Stagnation/dp/0525953736/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393297812&sr=1-1&keywords=average+is+over+tyler+cowen

GROWING ALMONDS DURING CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/californias-thirsty-almonds/Content?oid=3830095

FLIPPING HOUSES IN BAKERSFIELD

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f718296e-8ec1-11e3-b6f1-00144feab7de.html?src=longreads

WHAT OLD AGE IS LIKE

THIS OLD MAN

Life in the nineties.

BY ROGER ANGELL FEBRUARY 17, 2014

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_angell?currentPage=all

WHY PLASTIC BAGS ARE BETTER THAN PAPER

http://new.ted.com/talks/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDTalks_video+%28TEDTalks+Main+%28SD%29+-+Site%29

CITIES WITH PLEASANT WEATHER

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/design/2014/02/american-cities-most-pleasant-weather/8315/

ACCIDENTS GO DOWN WHEN SPEED LIMITS GO UP?

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/2/17/speed-kills-your-pocketbook.html#.UwbdHX2Ia2c

THE RISE OF OFF PEAK TRANSIT

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/far-beyond-rush-hour-incredible-rise-peak-public-transportation/8311/

PIXAR'S 22 RULES OF STORYTELLING

http://io9.com/5916970/the-22-rules-of-storytelling-according-to-pixar

BIOFUELS CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

http://uneasymoney.com/2014/02/07/now-we-know-ethanol-caused-the-2008-financial-crisis-and-the-little-depression/

THE OPTIMISM BIAS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/02/the-optimism-bias/

THE EMPLOYMENT POPULATION RATIO

http://www.bruegel.org/nc/blog/detail/article/1251-blogs-review-the-employment-to-population-ratio/

BOOK DEEP SIMPLICITY

http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Simplicity-Bringing-Order-Complexity/dp/140006256X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392732919&sr=1-1&keywords=deep+simplicity+bringing+order+to+chaos+and+complexity

PEAK SUBURBIA

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/21720/as-it-turns-out-suburban-sprawl-actually-peaked-20-years-ago/

ALL DAY TRANSIT SERVICE

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/real-barriers-abundant-all-day-transit-service/8298/

WHAT TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE SAFEST?

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/which-traffic-signals-are-safest/8348/

FOOD DESERTS AND NUTRITION

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/10/having-a-grocery-store-nearby-doesnt-make-people-eat-healthier/

CARBON FOOTPRINTS, SUBURBS, AND CITIES

http://www.businessinsider.com/carbon-footprint-maps-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

THE TWILIGHT OF BRANDS

http://m.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2014/02/17/140217ta_talk_surowiecki

PLUVIAL FLOODING

http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/floods-if-youre-far-enough-from-a-river-youre-safe-right/

BOOK THE POWER OF THE SEA

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sea-Tsunamis-Predict-Disasters/dp/0230120741/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391984477&sr=1-1&keywords=the+power+of+the+sea

VARIETIES OF NIGHTMARES AND BAD DREAMS

http://www.businessinsider.com/themes-of-nightmares-and-bad-dreams-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

BOOK SCARCITY

http://www.amazon.com/Scarcity-Having-Little-Means-Much/dp/0805092641/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391229524&sr=1-1&keywords=scarcity+why+having+too+little+means+so+much

PAYING THE POOR HAS BENEFITS

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2014/01/18/what-happens-when-the-poor-receive-a-stipend/

BOOK RISE OF THE WARRIOR COP

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_14?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=rise+of+the+warrior+cop+by+radley+balko&sprefix=rise+of+the+wa%2Cstripbooks%2C501

JAPAN'S AGING POPULATION

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/07d4c8a8-7e45-11e3-b409-00144feabdc0.html?src=longreads

PREMORTEMS FOR BETTER DECISIONS

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/01/kahneman-better-decisions/

CHALLENGES FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING JOBS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/opinion/sunday/rattner-the-myth-of-industrial-rebound.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1

WORKING WHILE DISABLED

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/24/you-work-until-you-die-inside-americas-fragmented-safety-net-for-the-disabled/

APPROVING A REPLACEMENT FOR AMBIEN

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/09/131209fa_fact_parker?currentPage=1

FORFEITURE LAW ABUSE

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/12/130812fa_fact_stillman?currentPage=all

NETFLIX GENRES

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-reverse-engineered-hollywood/282679/?src=longreads

PREDICTING SUICIDE

http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/features/2014/01/02/last-words?src=longreads

HOMESTEADING IN DETROIT

http://www.buzzfeed.com/drewphilp/why-i-bought-a-house-in-detroit-for-500?src=longreads&s=mobile

VALLEY FEVER FUNGUS

http://www.businessinsider.com/valley-fever-epidemic-in-arizona-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

SMALL BUSINESSES NEED DOWNTOWNS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/1/15/the-case-for-investing-downtown.html#.UtoMf32Ia2c

PRIORITIZING RISKS

http://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/on_risk

BOOK I WEAR THE BLACK HAT

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=i+wear+the+black+hat+by+chuck+klosterman&sprefix=I+wear+the+bl%2Cstripbooks%2C2348

THE COST OF SURVEILLANCE

http://www.yalelawjournal.org/the-yale-law-journal-pocket-part/constitutional-law/tiny-constables-and-the-cost-of-surveillance:-making-cents-out-of-united-states-v.-jones

ORGANIC BATTERIES

http://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-study-of-quinones-flow-battery-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/la-public-library-about-start-offering-high-school-diplomas/8080/

BOOK DAVID AND GOLIATH

http://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/0316204366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389576490&sr=1-1&keywords=david+and+goliath+malcolm+gladwell

MOTIVATED REASONING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/10/the-depressing-psychological-theory-that-explains-washington/

THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF INCOME INEQUALITY

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/business/the-vicious-circle-of-income-inequality.html

LOS ANGELES MYTHS

http://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/los-angeles-myths-debunked?s=mobile

CAR DEPENDENCY: NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO AND LA

http://la.streetsblog.org/2010/12/13/density-car-ownership-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-los-angeles/

FAMILY STRUCTURE AND POVERTY

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/the-causes-of-poverty-74-family-structure-ctd/

STROADS

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/dangerous-street-design-spreading-through-suburbs/8033/

THE COLLINGRIDGE DILEMMA

http://edge.org/response-detail/10898

UK COPS TO WEAR CAMERAS

http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-firearms-police-to-trial-cameras-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

TAXES WORK BETTER THAN INCENTIVES

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2014/01/08-why-a-bag-tax-works-wessel?rssid=LatestFromBrookings&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrookingsRSS%2Ftopfeeds%2FLatestFromBrookings+%28Latest+From+Brookings%29

BOOK THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING

http://www.amazon.com/This-Explains-Everything-Beautiful-Theories/dp/0062230174/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389112417&sr=1-1&keywords=this+explains+everything+deep+beautiful+and+elegant+theories+of+how+the+world+works

WIND TURBINES, BIRDS, AND BATS

http://grist.org/climate-energy/for-the-birds-and-the-bats-8-ways-wind-power-companies-are-trying-to-prevent-deadly-collisions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520Jan%25203&utm_campaign=daily

EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE IT GOT THAT WAY

http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2012/03/everything-is-way-it-is-because-it-got.html

GROUP POLARIZATION DYNAMICS

http://www.edge.org/response-detail/10662

HOW SEA LEVEL IS DETERMINED

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/12/determining-sea-level/

AVOIDING "THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT"

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/01/this-time-is-different/

IS THE US REALLY BEHIND IN BROADBAND SPEED?

http://www.digitopoly.org/2013/12/31/end-the-broadband-panic-meme/

REDUNDANCY REDUCTION AND PATTERNS

http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/644605-redundancy-reduction-and-pattern-recognition-richard-dawkins-s-answer-to-the-annual-edge-question