Although this blog is mostly a way to help me remember what I've read, you might enjoy the material too.
Friday, May 30, 2014
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
Sunday, May 25, 2014
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/
Friday, May 23, 2014
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/
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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
Monday, May 19, 2014
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
Sunday, May 18, 2014
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
Thursday, May 15, 2014
MARCHETTI'S CONSTANT
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2012/11/pedestrians-cities-have-become-wilderness/3878/
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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
Monday, May 12, 2014
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/
Sunday, May 11, 2014
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
Saturday, May 10, 2014
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
Friday, May 9, 2014
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
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
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/
Friday, May 2, 2014
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
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
Thursday, May 1, 2014
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
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