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Friday, September 25, 2015
PLACEMAKING IN GARY
https://nextcity.org/features/view/creative-placemaking-economic-impact-urban-development?Src=longreads
Thursday, September 24, 2015
NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO BORROW MONEY EVER
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/24/this-is-the-best-time-to-borrow-money-in-all-of-history/
Monday, September 21, 2015
THE POOR ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO EAT FAST FOOD
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/09/cdc-fast-food-poor-families-american/406447/
REFORMING EB-5
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/should-congress-let-wealthy-foreigners-buy-citizenship/406432/
THE ROLE OF GRANDMOTHERS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rweb/politics/how-human-society-was-built-by-grandmas/2015/09/20/4b89c10a32f1c660659d865e64728e7c_story.html?tid=kindle-app
Sunday, September 20, 2015
MEDICAL CARE AS A PRISONER DILEMMA
How the doctor-patient relationship has become a prisoner’s dilemma
http://wapo.st/1iZZz6E
REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE
http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/09/a-case-study-in-reviving-a-dying-downtown/405421/
OBSELETE SEWER AND STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/americas-sewage-crisis-public-health/405541/
THE FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S INCLUSIONARY ZONING LAW
http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/09/taking-inclusionary-zoning-all-the-way-to-scotus/405934/
THE HIGH COST OF COAL
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/09/the-enormous-social-cost-of-cheap-coal/405730/
Saturday, September 19, 2015
SENIORS VILLAGES
http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/09/why-seniors-are-forming-villages-to-age-in-place/405583/
HOUSEHOLD GROWTH CONCENTRATED IN SENIORS TRANCHE
http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2015/09/sluggish-household-growth-2014-15.html?m=1
Friday, September 18, 2015
MOBILITY FEES TO CUT SPRAWL
http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/08/floridas-new-target-in-the-fight-against-sprawl-too-many-roads/402141/
SUBSIDIZING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IN KANSAS CITY
https://nextcity.org/features/view/kansas-city-mall-downtown-development-subsidies-cordish-companies?Src=longreads
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
ANCHOR BABIES
http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/the-anchor-baby-question-at-the-g-o-p-debate?mbid=rss
Sunday, September 13, 2015
THE RIKERS SOCIAL IMPACT BOND EXPERIMENT
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/business/economy/wall-st-money-meets-social-policy-at-rikers-island.html?referrer=
SOCIAL IMPACT BOND PITFALLS
http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-social-impact-bonds.html#.Vb-xN5Ag_hI.email
MARKET SOLUTIONS TO CARBON EMISSIONS
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/opinion/joe-nocera-obamas-flexible-fix-to-climate-change.html?referrer=
SUING THE SUBURBS TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING
http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/09/suing-the-suburbs-over-the-san-francisco-housing-crunch/404314/
LOCATION IS BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-09/the-threat-coming-by-land
THE MYTH OF AMERICA'S DEFICIT
http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/09/09-there-is-no-deficit-problem-aaron?rssid=LatestFromBrookings
FARM INCOME FALLING
http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/farm-income-falling-putting-rural-economy-edge
Saturday, September 12, 2015
WHY IS CORRUPTION SO HARD TO ERADICATE?
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/corruption-revolt
PICKING WHICH WARS TO FIGHT
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/the-art-of-avoiding-war/392060/
WHEN IT PAYS TO BE A JERK
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/why-it-pays-to-be-a-jerk/392066/
Monday, September 7, 2015
THE DEATH OF WALKING
http://aeon.co/magazine/society/step-by-step-americans-are-sacrificing-the-right-to-walk/?Src=longreads
Sunday, September 6, 2015
ATLANTIC CITY BLUES
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/the-death-and-life-of-atlantic-city?src=longreads
PUSHBACK ON INCLUSIONARY ZONING
http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/09/chicago-developers-are-pushing-back-against-affordable-housing-rules/403042/
KATRINA LESSONS NOT LEARNED
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/the-lessons-america-never-learned-from-hurricane-katrina/403750/
THE IMPACT OF RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/raising-retirement-age-social-security-benefits/403828/
THE SHRINKING PAYCHECKS OF LOW WAGE WORKERS
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/low-income-worker-wage-decline/403840/
AMERICA ' S POOREST ARE GETTING ALMOST NO ASSISTANCE
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/welfare-reform-americas-poorest/403960/
DISPARATE IMPACT AND STATISTICS
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/discrimination-algorithms-disparate-impact/403969/
Saturday, September 5, 2015
THE POWER OF FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/free-college-in-tennessee/403945/
CALIFORNIA BEACH ACCESS
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/05/us/malibu-day-at-the-beach/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
THE DEMISE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/09/parochial-schools-demise/403369/
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