AUTOMATION IS KILLING JOBS

http://richardhserlin.blogspot.com/2015/11/robotai-revolution-decimating.html?m=1

LAND SUBSIDENCE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY

http://californiawaterblog.com/2015/12/27/the-earth-is-falling-land-subsidence-and-water-management-in-california/

EFFECT OF REQUIRING HIGHER BANK CAPITAL

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2014/12/15/higher-capital-requirements-didnt-slow-the-economy

HOW MUCH BANK CAPITAL IS ENOUGH?

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2015/11/30/bank-resilience-yet-another-missed-opportunity

WHY THE GSES HAVE NOT BEEN REFORMED

http://qz.com/557781/the-depressing-reason-obama-and-congress-have-failed-to-fix-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac/

PROBLEMS AT DC METRO

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/transportation/why-does-metro-suck-dangerous-accidents-escalator-outages.php

HOMELESS IN SILICON VALLEY

https://newrepublic.com/article/124476/dispossessed-land-dreams?src=longreads

IMPROVING FORECASTING

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/12/ten-commandments-for-superforecasters/

WHY DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA ARE WINNING

http://qz.com/576057/why-infectious-bacteria-are-winning/

MACRO SHOCKS TO THE US ECONOMY

http://equitablegrowth.org/the-six-major-adverse-shocks-that-have-hit-the-u-s-macroeconomy-since-2005/

BOOK : THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wind-Up-Bird-Chronicle-Novel/dp/0679775439

JIHADIST CULTURE

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Ties-That-Bind-Jihadists/234161/?Src=longreads

CALIFORNIA CUTS FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/04/458458916/in-california-aid-withers-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

NO BANANAS : THE DANGER OF MONOCULTURES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/04/the-worlds-most-popular-banana-could-go-extinct/

TRADITIONAL MEDIA EVOLVES

http://www.theawl.com/2015/12/access-denied?src=longreads

GMO SALMON

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/genetically-engineered-fish-and-the-strangeness-of-american-salmon?mbid=rss

ADOPTED CHILDREN OFTEN DON'T DO WELL

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/adoption-happily-ever-after-myth/418230/