Friday, September 25, 2015

PLACEMAKING IN GARY

https://nextcity.org/features/view/creative-placemaking-economic-impact-urban-development?Src=longreads

Thursday, September 24, 2015

BOOK: OUR KIDS

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Kids-American-Dream-Crisis/dp/1476769893

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/

CAPTURING RAIN IN LA

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/when-it-rains?mbid=rss

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/

WHEN ARE EXPERTS USEFUL?

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/06/the-expert-squeeze/

BOOK: THE DORITO EFFECT

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dorito-Effect-Surprising-Flavor/dp/1476724210

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

IS ANTARCTICA LOSING OR GAINING ICE?

http://skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice.htm

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

DRONE SELF DEFENSE

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/09/drone_self-defe.html

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

MEDITATION APP

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/06/the-higher-life

BABIES IN JAIL

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/prison-born/395297/

A WORLD WITHOUT WORK

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/

THE RISE OF AFFECTIVE COMPUTING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/know-feel

FIGHTING EBOLA

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/when-fever-breaks

WHY IS CORRUPTION SO HARD TO ERADICATE?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/corruption-revolt

PSYCHEDELIC DRUG RESEARCH

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/trip-treatment

COUNSELING BY TEXT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/r-u

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/

PAWNSHOPS

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/the-pawn-king/383289/?src=longreads

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/

THE THIRTY YEAR BOOM

http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2015.09.06/1794.html

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/