Saturday, December 31, 2016

THE HOUSING CRISIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY SUBPRIME

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/articles/rethinking-how-the-housing-crisis-happened/

Friday, December 30, 2016

AMERICA'S AGING HOUSING STOCK

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-housing-stock-is-aging.html?m=1

Sunday, December 25, 2016

OPIOID USE IN RURAL AREAS

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/why-opioid-epidemic-hitting-rural-america-particularly-hard

THE BLACK FAMILY IN THE AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/the-black-family-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration/403246/

IS SCHIZOPHRENIA GENETIC?

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/28/the-genetics-of-schizophrenia/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH WHICH EXPLAINS THE ELECTION

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-psychological-research-that-helps-explain-the-election?mbid=rss

Saturday, December 10, 2016

THE SIEGE OF MIAMI

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

THE EVOLUTION OF MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

https://blog.longreads.com/2016/12/08/braaam-inception-hollywood-soundtracks/amp/

SAY DON'T INSTEAD OF CAN'T

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/12/heres-the-most-effective-way-to-say-no-to-people.html

TESTING UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://inhabitat.com/10-million-project-to-test-universal-basic-income-in-the-us/

THE EVOLUTION OF MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

https://blog.longreads.com/2016/12/08/braaam-inception-hollywood-soundtracks/amp/

Thursday, December 8, 2016

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POOR PEOPLE ARE GIVEN CASH

http://qz.com/853651/definitive-data-on-what-poor-people-buy-when-theyre-just-given-cash/

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

MEGA REGION COMMUTING PATTERNS

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/12/how-4-million-commutes-shape-americas-megaregions/509483/?utm_source=feed

12 FACTS ABOUT INCARCERATION AND PRISONER REENTRY

https://www.brookings.edu/research/twelve-facts-about-incarceration-and-prisoner-reentry/

GENERATION ADDERALL

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/magazine/generation-adderall-addiction.html?referer=

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

THE 20 WEEK ABORTION BAN BIND

http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a40363/20-week-abortion-ban/

Monday, December 5, 2016

THE PROBLEM WITH CLEAN COAL: COST

http://qz.com/806040/why-wed-all-love-donald-trumps-clean-coal-but-carbon-capture-and-storage-doesnt-ensure-it/

Sunday, December 4, 2016

IRRIGATION NATION

https://psmag.com/irrigation-nation-3c386fb567f6#.2532gyd55

DEMOGRAPHICS THE REASON FOR SLOW GROWTH

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/07/theres-a-devastatingly-simple-explanation-for-americas-economic-mess/

Saturday, December 3, 2016

BIG FOOD FIGHTS BACK

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/09/magazine/obama-administration-big-food-policy.html

SARTRE AND TRUMP

http://qz.com/852416/sartre-and-the-psychology-of-the-alt-right-purdue-university-philosophy-professor-william-mcbride-says-a-70-year-old-existential-text-explains-racist-trolling/

THE PLIGHT OF THE SUBURBAN OFFICE PARK

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/decline-office-park/422811/

REINVENTING MOVIE MAKING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-mogul-of-the-middle?src=longreads

Thursday, December 1, 2016

TRICKING YOUR BRAIN TO FOCUS

https://www.fastcompany.com/3060709/your-most-productive-self/how-to-train-your-brain-to-focus-remember-and-have-more-breakthrou?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

INCARCERATION RATES UP IN RURAL AND SUBURBAN JURISDICTIONS

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/upshot/new-geography-of-prisons.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&_r=0&referer=https://getpocket.com/

RESPECTING EMPLOYEE PRIVACY IMPROVES PERFORMANCE

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-outsourced-mind/201604/want-people-behave-better-give-them-more-privacy

UBER AS PUBLIC TRANSIT

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12735666/uber-altamonte-springs-fl-public-transportation-taxi-system

HALF OF ALL US FOOD PRODUCE THROWN AWAY

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

OVERCROWDED SIDEWALKS IN NEW YORK

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/nyregion/new-york-city-overcrowded-sidewalks.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&referer=https://getpocket.com/

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PREFERENCES

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-complex-psychology-of-why-people-like-things/482196/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

EXERCISE AND WEIGHT LOSS

http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE JUST GAVE PEOPLE MONEY?

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/

HOUSING FIRST IN SALT LAKE CITY

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2015/02/housing-first-solution-to-homelessness-utah

THE INTERNET IS DESTROYING OUR MEMORIES

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2016/02/head-cloud

WHY SUBURBS SUCK

https://likewise.am/2016/05/08/why-suburbia-sucks/

LUXURY HOUSING BUBBLE?

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005275-luxury-urban-housing-built-a-myth-is-about-take-a-big-hit

FIXING SAN FRANCISCO'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/6487.html

THE HOUSING CARTEL PREVENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/6287.html

ZONING, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CITIES

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/3036.html

THE LOGIC OF HELPING STRUGGLING PLACES

https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/287669/Helping-Struggling-Places/

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TO CORRECT GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/6674.html

IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE DOLLAR ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT

http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2016/11/30/the-dollar-trumps-carrier/

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

PRIVATE PRISONS AND TRUMP

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/05/trump-sets-private-prisons-free?mbid=rss

HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE HOME TO THE DISABLED? LOTS

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-many-households-are-home-to-disabled.html?m=1

WHAT TO DO ABOUT FAKE NEWS

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/solving-the-problem-of-fake-news?mbid=rss

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

CHANGING MULTIPLE HABITS AT ONCE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/05/12/out-with-the-old/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&referer=https://getpocket.com/

ROOTS OF CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21698652-europe-and-america-made-mistakes-misery-arab-world-caused-mainly-its-own?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

WHY IS PRODUCTIVITY SO WEAK?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/upshot/why-is-productivity-so-weak-three-theories.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&_r=0&referer=https://getpocket.com/

PORTION CONTROL

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/25/problem-portions-eating-too-much-food-control-cutting-down?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

NET ENERGY METERING SUBSIDIZES SOLAR

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/why-net-energy-metering-results-in-a-subsidy-the-elephant-in-the-room/

POVERTY AND HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/08/the-problem-with-one-of-the-most-popular-assumptions-about-the-poor/

MAKING STOP AND FRISK MORE EFFECTIVE

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/06/some-economics-of-stop-and-frisk.html?m=1

WHY AMERICANS ARE MOVING LESS

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/how-america-lost-its-mojo/484655/

AVERTING AN ANTIBIOTIC DISASTER

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-ten-part-plan-to-avert-our-post-antibiotic-apocalypse/483360/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/501122/?client=ms-android-verizon

HOW SOCIAL MEDIA GOT WEAPONIZED

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/503630/?client=ms-android-verizon

WHY KIDS NEED RECESS

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/505850/?client=ms-android-verizon

BABY MONITORING

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/505841/?client=ms-android-verizon

WHAT OBAMA GOT RIGHT AS PRESIDENT

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/505856/?client=ms-android-verizon

CHINA'S GREAT LEAP BACKWARD

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/chinas-great-leap-backward/505817/

HOW CASINOS ENABLE GAMBLING ADDICTS

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/505814/

THE CASE AGAINST CATS

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/505838/

Monday, November 28, 2016

CRIMINALIZING SCHOOL MISBEHAVIOR

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/501149/

THE END OF WALKING

https://aeon.co/essays/step-by-step-americans-are-sacrificing-the-right-to-walk

Sunday, November 27, 2016

THE BIG SORT IS GETTING BIGGER

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/504830/

Saturday, November 26, 2016

UTILITY SUBSIDIZES FOR SPRAWL

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/10/25/how-we-subsidize-spread-out-places-via-utilities

RURAL WALKABILITY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/10/27/walkability-rural-neighborhoods

THE PURPOSE OF REGRET

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/whats-the-use-of-regret.html?_r=0&referer=

THE WAR ON STUPID PEOPLE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/485618/?client=ms-android-verizon

TRUMPTOWN

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/in-the-heart-of-trump-country/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

DO WE NEED PAPER MONEY?

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-cashless-world/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

INFLAMMATION AND HEALTH

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/30/inflamed/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

Friday, November 25, 2016

BOOK: FINNISH LESSONS

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0807752576/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1480100368&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=finnish+lessons&dpPl=1&dpID=51X3vUSa1FL&ref=plSrch

BOOK: HUNGER

https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Unnatural-Sharman-Apt-Russell/dp/0465071651

WE ARE ALL RELATED

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2016/11/on-a-thousand-year-timescale-the-human-race-really-is-just-one-big-unhappy-family.html

Thursday, November 24, 2016

ABORTION OBSTACLES IN SOUTH DAKOTA

http://harpers.org/archive/2016/12/with-child/?single=1

WHY TRUMP VOTERS ARE ANGRY

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/sociology-of-trump-country.html

MONEY AND MOTIVATION

https://blog.longreads.com/2016/11/17/a-conversation-with-dan-ariely-on-what-shapes-our-motivations/amp/

SUBSTANDARD PRIVATE PRISONS

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/18/federal_government_disassociates_with_private_prisons.html?client=ms-android-verizon

CHARTER SCHOOL PROBLEMS

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/08/when-public-goes-private-as-trump-wants-what-happens/

HARSH WORK CONDITIONS IN POULTRY PLANTS

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_grind/2016/11/turkey_plants_are_harsh_on_workers_in_the_weeks_before_thanksgiving.html

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

CITY VS RURAL ECONOMIES

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/content/while-cities-recover-rural-economy-still-struggles-shake-great-recession#.WDRYbsuIbqA

Monday, November 21, 2016

100 MILLION DEAD TREES IN CALIFORNIA DUE TO DROUGHT

http://inhabitat.com/more-than-100-million-california-trees-dead-due-to-drought/

BOOK : WAIT, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DELAY

https://www.amazon.com/Wait-Science-Delay-Frank-Partnoy/dp/1610392477

DEEP STORIES, THE TEA PARTY, AND TRUMP

https://www.thenation.com/article/deep-stories/

Friday, November 18, 2016

DEATH VALLEY IS ALIVE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/death-valley-is-alive/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

VENEZUELA, A FAILING STATE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/venezuela-a-failing-state/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

BOOK : OIL AND HONEY

https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Honey-Education-Unlikely-Activist/dp/0805092846

Thursday, November 17, 2016

OVERCROWDED HOUSING IN CALIFORNIA

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005452-overcrowded-california

Sunday, November 13, 2016

BOOK : BLACK FLAGS

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Flags-Rise-Joby-Warrick/dp/0804168938

Saturday, November 12, 2016

HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AND PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/12/donald-trump-is-beginning-to-face-a-rude-awakening-over-obamacare/

Friday, November 11, 2016

THE OBAMA DOCTRINE

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/

THE DOWNSIDE OF RESILIENCE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/the-downside-of-resilience.html

Sunday, November 6, 2016

THE FASTEST SUPERMARKET LINE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/business/how-to-pick-the-fastest-line-at-the-supermarket.html?_r=0&referer=http://lifehacker.com/pick-the-fastest-lane-at-the-supermarket-by-getting-beh-1788300140

Friday, November 4, 2016

CENTER LINE STRIPING DOES NOT MAKE STREETS SAFER

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/10/31/ask-r-moses-does-center-line-striping-make-streets-safer

BOOK : THE NORDIC THEORY OF EVERYTHING

https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better/dp/0062316540

Monday, October 31, 2016

WHY ARE RETAIL RENTS SO HIGH IN NEW YORK?

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005430-corporate-mustard-showroom-helps-explain-new-york-s-retail-rent-crisis

TIDAL FLOODING IN MIAMI'S LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/505109/

BOOK : THE GENE

https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukherjee/dp/1476733503

Sunday, October 30, 2016

FINDING THE SOUL OF AMERICA IN SMALL TOWN IOWA

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/505451/

THE CASE AGAINST PAY TRANSPARENCY

https://hbr.org/2016/09/the-case-against-pay-transparency

SKILLS DON'T NECESSARILY HELP

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/education-less-valuable-than-believed-by-adair-turner-2016-10

Monday, October 24, 2016

GREENLAND IS MELTING

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-melting/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

REBUILDING MANGROVE COASTAL DEFENSES

http://inhabitat.com/tetrapot-uses-mangroves-to-grow-a-greener-sea-defense-system/

Sunday, October 23, 2016

WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/an-ex-cops-remorse/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

Thursday, October 20, 2016

WILL A WALL STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/the-wall-is-a-fantasy.html?_r=0&referer=

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT CHILDREN

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/504476/

JUST A FEW ACCOUNT FOR MOST AIRPORT NOISE COMPLAINTS

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/504494/

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

NO BIG CONSEQUENCES FROM LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/13/heres-how-legal-pot-changed-colorado-and-washington/

Sunday, October 16, 2016

IOWA VALUES II

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/11/19/president-obama-marilynne-robinson-conversation-2/

IOWA VALUES

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/11/05/president-obama-marilynne-robinson-conversation/

MUSICAL PRODIGIES

https://van-us.atavist.com/child-prodigies

BOOK : THE HEART

https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Novel-Maylis-Kerangal/dp/0374240906

Friday, October 14, 2016

BOOK : THE AGE OF OVERSUPPLY

https://www.amazon.com/Age-Oversupply-Overcoming-Greatest-Challenge/dp/1591845963

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

BOOK : H IS FOR HAWK

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0802124739/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476213740&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=h+is+for+hawk+by+helen+macdonald&dpPl=1&dpID=51FJFqMnaBL&ref=plSrch

BOOK : STALLING FOR TIME

https://www.amazon.com/Stalling-Time-Life-Hostage-Negotiator/dp/1400067251

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

BOOK : LILA

https://www.amazon.com/Lila-Novel-Marilynne-Robinson/dp/0374187614

Thursday, September 22, 2016

BOOK : THE WORD EXCHANGE

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0345806034/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474589953&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=the+word+exchange&dpPl=1&dpID=51ulqCpx2kL&ref=plSrch

BOOK : BENEDICTION

https://www.amazon.com/Benediction-Vintage-Contemporaries-Kent-Haruf/dp/0307950425

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Monday, September 12, 2016

RATE IMPACT OF REPAIRING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2016/09/12/striking-a-better-balance-between-water-investment-and-affordability/

Saturday, September 10, 2016

STUCK WITH STRIP MALLS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/9/6/strip-malls

STREET CONNECTIVITY ISSUES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/9/7/corridor-connectivity-failures

THE LIMITED ECONOMIC BOOST FROM FIXING INFRASTRUCTURE

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/29/the-fix-our-infrastructure-fallacy

THE POOR ECONOMICS OF PAYDAY LENDING

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/payday-lending/476403/

FANTASY SPORTS INDUSTRY TROUBLE

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17374929/otl-investigates-implosion-daily-fantasy-sports-leaders-draftkings-fanduel

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

WHERE JOBS ARE MOST LIKELY TO VANISH

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/06/where-todays-jobs-are-most-likely-to-vanish-tomorrow/

A STRATEGY FOR SMALL TALK

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/a-much-needed-strategy-for-getting-good-at-small-talk.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus&mid=full-rss-scienceofus

THE HIGH COST OF SUBURBAN ENCLAVES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/9/2/a-thousand-hidden-subsidies

Sunday, September 4, 2016

WHY CORPORATIONS COMMIT FRAUD

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/what-was-volkswagen-thinking/419127/

WHY THE MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE RAISED

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/a-plutocrats-case-for-raising-the-minimum-wage/419130/

THE NEW PRESCHOOL IS CRUSHING KIDS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/the-new-preschool-is-crushing-kids/419139/

WHY TALL PLAYERS MISS FREE THROWS

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17115866/real-root-nba-intentional-foul-epidemic

THE MYTH OF EXPOSURE

https://blog.longreads.com/2016/08/29/who-should-get-paid-for-live-storytelling-events/#

Friday, September 2, 2016

REFORMING FLOOD INSURANCE

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/09/fema-flood-risk-mapping-flawed/498242/

Monday, August 29, 2016

WHAT JOBS WILL MACHINES TAKE OVER?

http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_goldbloom_the_jobs_we_ll_lose_to_machines_and_the_ones_we_won_t#t-268723

Saturday, August 27, 2016

THE STOREFRONTS THAT SURVIVE

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/08/storefront-survivors-project-new-york-city-small-businesses/494576/

AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN PORTLAND

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/494192/

EXAMPLE OF JUNK SCIENCE: FALSIFIABILITY

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2016/07/examples-of-junk-science-falsifiability.html?m=1

DISTORTING DATA WITH PERCENTAGES

http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2016/08/examples-of-junk-science-playing-with.html?m=1

Friday, August 26, 2016

LIMITING FOOD WASTE IN SAN FRANCISCO

http://ediblesanfrancisco.ediblefeast.com/wasted

NEW YORK STREET MAINTENANCE

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/18/nyregion/new-york-101-streets-repair-and-maintenance.html?smid=fb-nytupshot&smtyp=cur&_r=4

Sunday, August 21, 2016

LOUISIANA IS LOSING ITS BOOT

https://medium.com/matter/louisiana-loses-its-boot-b55b3bd52d1e#.jsb5nkif7

PORTLAND'S RACIST HISTORY

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/492035/

SUBURBAN POVERTY IN FLORIDA: LEHIGH ACRES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/17/suburban-poverty-boomtown-lehigh-acres-florida

THE TRAJECTORY OF SUBURBAN POVERTY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/15/what-does-suburban-poverty-look-like

SUBURBAN POVERTY IN FLORIDA

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/24/suburban-decline

THERE ARE ONLY SIX NARRATIVE ARCS

http://gizmodo.com/data-analysis-suggests-there-exist-only-six-book-plots-1783263768?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=thursdayAM

ISSUES WITH SUBURBAN TRANSIT

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/16/suburban-transit-doesnt-really-solve-the-problem

Saturday, August 20, 2016

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE BATON ROUGE FLOODING

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/496172/

BLOCKING AND MISATTRIBUTION MEMORY ERRORS

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/08/many-ways-memory-fails-us-part-2/

DISPLACING THE POOR IN MARIETTA GEORGIA

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/16/why-arent-we-talking-about-marietta

COD FISHERY REBOUND

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/08/06/after-years-decline-cod-and-community-rebound-newfoundland/oNxKF14RpE47yc65OOAy6O/story.html

WHERE HAVE MEDIAN INCOMES DECLINED THE MOST?

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-19/where-median-incomes-have-fallen-the-most

Friday, August 19, 2016

GENTRIFICATION IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/08/real-estate/496373/

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WASHINGTON DC

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/496676/

TARGETING WHO GETS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/19/why-affordable-housing-in-a-black-neighborhood-may-not-help-black-residents/

Thursday, August 18, 2016

WHY THE RURAL POOR DON'T RELOCATE

https://medium.com/migration-issues/from-coal-country-to-the-sunbelt-99da39fdc84#.pygbxobcg

Monday, August 15, 2016

REDNECK URBANISM AND TRAILER PARKS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/11/reclaiming-redneck-urbanism-what-urban-planners-can-learn-from-trailer-parks

AMERICANS LIVE CLOSE TO MOM

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html?_r=1

Saturday, August 13, 2016

INFILLING A NEIGHBORHOOD

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/9/lets-infill-a-traditional-neighbourhood-and-make-a-profit

Sunday, August 7, 2016

WHY ARE WE IN A LOW GROWTH WORLD?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/upshot/were-in-a-low-growth-world-how-did-we-get-here.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&referer=

Saturday, August 6, 2016

WHY POLICE SHOOT UNARMED SUSPECTS

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438242/unarmed-suspects-why-are-they-sometimes-shot

REVITALIZING SMALL METRO DOWNTOWNS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/3/one-key-strategy-to-make-new-york-more-affordable

THREE ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/08/so-you-probably-have-3-selves.html

HOW TO TURN AROUND A FAILING SCHOOL

https://hbr.org/2016/08/how-to-turn-around-a-failing-school

CONVENIENCE STORE INNOVATION IN BEND OREGON

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/494756/

Friday, August 5, 2016

1% OF GUN DEALERS ACCOUNT FOR 60% OF GUNS USED IN CRIMES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-evidence-confirms-what-gun-rights-advocates-have-been-saying-for-a-long-time-about-crime/

IMMIGRATION NEEDED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005345-america-without-immigration-2015-50

Thursday, August 4, 2016

LOS ANGELES TO SELF FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE

https://www.brookings.edu/2016/08/03/los-angeles-will-vote-again-whether-to-self-finance-its-infrastructure-future/

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

THE LAST BOOKSTORE

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/493976/

Thursday, July 28, 2016

HUSBAND'S EMPLOYMENT THE BEST PREDICTOR OF DIVORCE

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/husbands-job-predicts-divorce.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus

Monday, July 25, 2016

NONWORKING YOUNG MEN HAPPY PLAYING VIDEO GAMES

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/492890/

Sunday, July 24, 2016

WHY SOME BIG BOX STORES DO WELL

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/482211/

SINGLE OPTION AVERSION

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/pressReleases/2013/July/729Mochon.html

HOW MANY CHOICES ARE OPTIMAL?

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/more-is-more-why-the-paradox-of-choice-might-be-a-myth/278658/

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS

http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/05/how-one-colorado-city-instantly-created-affordable-housing/483027/

PRODUCTIVE BUILDING TYPES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/5/13/101-productive-building-types

THE BUSINESS OF BORDER CONTROL

https://www.buzzfeed.com/josemorduna/inside-the-multibillion-dollar-business-of-keeping-me-out-of?src=longreads&utm_term=.ms0PGKqW4o#.xlBQEnN6LW

HOW POOR SINGLE MOMS SURVIVE

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/how-poor-single-moms-survive/418158/

THE LIMITS OF SPEED LIMITS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/1/19/the-limits-of-speed-limits

Saturday, July 23, 2016

INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/05/americas-road-to-economic-opportunity-is-paved-with-infrastructure-jobs/483108/

TRADE-OFFS OF CONGESTION PRICING

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/05/the-hidden-cost-of-road-fares/482943/

MORE GOING TO PRISON EVEN AS PRISON POPULATION DECLINES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/18/the-myth-that-fewer-people-are-going-to-prison/

DETROIT'S GREEN LIGHT CRIME PROJECT

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/483300/

NON-PRIME BORROWERS, ILLIQUIDITY, AND INSOLVENCY

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/19-nonprime-borrowers-and-need-for-small-dollar-and-payday-loans

CHALLENGES FACING RURAL TOWNS

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/rural-towns-banking-more-just-farming-survive

WEAK NEW BUSINESS FORMATION IN ALL BUT AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/22/a-very-bad-sign-for-all-but-americas-biggest-cities/

HOW WELFARE REFORM FAILED

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/moneybox/2016/06/how_welfare_reform_failed.html

CITY HEAT SINKS

http://qz.com/737167/why-its-so-much-hotter-in-the-city-than-the-countryside/

AMERICANS OVERESTIMATE THE FREQUENCY OF CRIME

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/psychology-why-americans-afraid-low-crime-levels.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus

WHY IS NEW YORK SO MUCH SAFER THAN CHICAGO?

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/why-is-new-york-so-much-safer-than-chicago.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus

DOWNTOWNS VS BIG BOXES AND MALLS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/7/13/the-shopping-mall-death-spiral

BIG BOX RETAIL, SALES TAXES, AND CITIES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/7/22/big-boxes-and-sales-tax

MAKING IT EASIER FOR INMATES TO FIND WORK

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/492215/

MOTIVATION TECHNICS

http://zenhabits.net/experiments/

COST OF END OF LIFE CARE

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/07/an-update-on-costs-of-end-of-life-care.html?m=1

LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT THE RESULT OF BAD LUCK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/22/why-getting-stuck-without-a-job-is-mostly-a-matter-of-bad-luck/

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

THE SCIENCE OF TOUCH

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/what-the-science-of-touch-says-about-us

DORMS FOR ADULTS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/the-rise-of-the-co-living-startup

A ROBOT TEACHES KIDS TO CODE

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/sphero-teaches-kids-to-code

Monday, July 18, 2016

ST. HELENA LEVEE

https://californiawaterblog.com/2016/07/17/st-helena-california-dealing-with-a-field-of-dreams-levee-residual-risk-and-a-flood-of-controversy/

Sunday, July 17, 2016

NEVADA UNDERMINES SOLAR

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2016/01/solarcity_and_vivint_pulled_out_of_nevada_is_solar_power_losing_at_the_state.html

PROBLEMS IN PEER TO PEER LENDING

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2016/5/23/the-even-cloudier-future-of-peer-to-peer-lending

HALF OF AMERICANS CAN'T COVER A $400 EXPENSE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/25/the-shocking-number-of-americans-who-cant-cover-a-400-expense/

SHORTAGE OF MANUFACTURING JOBS

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/06/the-surprising-problem-with-us-manufacturing-its-creating-too-many-jobs/486695/

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF REVENGE

http://qz.com/733447/psychology-can-help-us-understand-the-warped-logic-of-revenge/

JOBS WOULD HELP LOW INCOME AMERICANS THE MOST

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2016/06/what-would-help-low-income-households.html?m=1

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/12/give-smile

HOPE

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/15/rebecca-solnit-hope-in-the-dark-new-essay-embrace-unknown

Saturday, July 16, 2016

SCALING UP AFFORDABLE HOUSING

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/6/13/achieving-scale-in-affordable-housing

POLICE LEGITIMACY AND CRIME

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/15/the-unexpected-way-the-ferguson-effect-might-be-causing-more-murder/

KATRINA REFUGEE OUTCOMES

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/24/starting-over-dept-of-social-studies-malcolm-gladwell

EMPLOYEES WANT QUIET

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/487367/

BODY CAMERAS DON'T AFFECT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/16/it-turns-out-the-most-hyped-solution-for-police-brutality-doesnt-work/

WHY NOT MORE JOB TRAINING?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/business/economy/job-training-can-work-so-why-isnt-there-more-of-it.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0&referer=

WHY UTAH IS GROWING

https://blog.mysidewalk.com/why-utah-is-growing-faster-than-everywhere-else-68922d20eec6#.zi37ae54e

TRANSIT AND JOBS IN MILWAUKEE

https://blog.mysidewalk.com/moving-in-milwaukee-the-impact-of-accessible-transit-on-jobs-9d2a89f6fbb2#.qm013kchx

AIRPORT SECURITY CHALLENGES

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/world/airport-security-around-the-world.html

LIGHT POLLUTION

http://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2016/07/night-moves

SELFISHNESS IS LEARNED

http://m.nautil.us/issue/37/currents/selfishness-is-learned?src=longreads

FOREIGN LANDSCAPING WORKERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/490595/

JOB TRAINING FOR THOSE IN POVERTY

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/490586/

CHILD CARE WORKERS UNDERPAID

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/11/the-people-taking-care-of-our-kids-live-in-poverty/

HOUSING INSECURITY AMONG LOW INCOME RENTERS

http://housingperspectives.blogspot.com/2016/07/addressing-housing-insecurity-of-low.html?m=1

MAKING STREETS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/7/12/ways-to-make-streets-safer-pedestrians

POSITIVE THINKING VS COLLECTIVE ACTION

http://thebaffler.com/blog/laurie-penny-self-care

SHOULD YOU INVEST IN LAND?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/upshot/why-land-may-not-be-the-smartest-place-to-put-your-nest-egg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=

Friday, July 15, 2016

HOW ISLAM CREATED EUROPE

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/how-islam-created-europe/476388/

THE LEADERSHIP INDUSTRY

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/our-dangerous-leadership-obsession

Thursday, July 14, 2016

EQUIVOCATION THEORY

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/when-dodging-questions-makes-you-seem-more-trustworthy.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus

IS TERRORISM GETTING WORSE?

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/490352/

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

PUERTO RICO"S DEBT CRISIS

http://amp.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2016/07/how_puerto_rico_beat_the_hedge_funds.html

NARRATIVE ARCS

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/490733/

MILITANT WHITE PRIEST ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/chicagos-political-priest

STEM CELL RESEARCH

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/the-stem-cell-scandal

WHAT TRANSIT RIDERS WANT

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/490913/

INDIANS' DEBT TO BLACK AMERICA

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9418972.html

MAKING ALCOHOL MORE EXPENSIVE REDUCES CRIME

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/theres-an-easy-way-to-reduce-violent-crime.html?mid=full-rss-scienceofus

Monday, July 11, 2016

A NEW GENERATION OF AIRSHIPS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/a-new-generation-of-airships-is-born

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT

http://jamesclear.com/power-of-environment?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

Sunday, July 10, 2016

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PEANUTS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/the-exemplary-narcissism-of-snoopy/407827/

IF YOU'RE NOT PARANOID YOU'RE CRAZY

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/if-youre-not-paranoid-youre-crazy/407833/

DRONE DEFENSE

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/playing-defense-against-the-drones/407851/

BILL GATES ON ENERGY

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/we-need-an-energy-miracle/407881/

BREAKTHROUGH IN MICROBE RESEARCH

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/miracle-microbes

JAILHOUSE LAW

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/derrick-hamilton-jailhouse-lawyer

WHY BOND YIELDS ARE SO LOW

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bond-yields-are-just-so-damn-low-what-is-that-telling-us/

REDOING DOWNTOWN LA

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/metropolitan-revolution/posts/2016/07/07-reimagination-downtown-los-angeles-hanna-altman

THE VALUE OF AVERAGES

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/07/07--really-end-average-mohammed

IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICA'S FALLING BIRTH RATE

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005316-the-meaning-baby-bust

Friday, July 8, 2016

BOOK : NONSENSE

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385348371/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467991255&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=nonsense+book&dpPl=1&dpID=41DKChBrg7L&ref=plSrch

THE CASE FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/why-dont-we-have-universal-basic-income

Thursday, July 7, 2016

BOOK : DOOR TO DOOR

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062372076/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467947812&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=door+to+door+book&dpPl=1&dpID=51jIiP5RWRL&ref=plSrch

BOOK : AMERICAN AMNESIA

https://www.amazon.com/American-Amnesia-Government-America-Prosper/dp/1451667825

THE POVERTY INDUSTRY

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/487958/

WHY AMERICA'S MEN AREN'T WORKING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/20/why-americas-men-arent-working/

BAD DECISIONS UNDER AMBIGUOUS CONDITIONS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/importance-of-dealing-with-ambiguity.html

DC'S CRAZY PRE-KINDERGARTEN LOTTERY

https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/03/24/how-not-to-get-your-kid-into-kindergarten/?Src=longreads

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS OFTEN RECEIVE INADEQUATE TRAINING

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/06/22/482768041/the-problem-with-teaching-preschool-teachers

Sunday, July 3, 2016

WHY MIDDLE MANAGERS MATTER

https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/building-a-better-hierarchy-why-middle-managers-matter/

REQUIEM FOR CABRINI GREEN

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/487445/

HOMEOSTASIS LIMITS CHANGE

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/06/why-do-we-backslide-on-our-goals/

THE FOUR KEYS TO JOB HAPPINESS

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-ways-companies-can-increase-happiness-levels-of-employees-in-order-to-boost-performance/answer/Raj-Raghunathan

HOW WELL DO YOU HANDLE UNCERTAINTY?

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/12/this-quiz-shows-how-well-you-handle-uncertainty.html

Saturday, July 2, 2016

SOLDIER VS SCOUT MENTALITY

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

JOB STABILITY IS AN OLDER WORKER PROBLEM

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-fallacy-of-job-insecurity/amp#

WHY READ LITERARY FICTION

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prime-your-gray-cells/201606/what-you-read-matters-more-you-might-think

THE RICH DON'T MOVE TO AVOID TAXES

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/487835/

WHY MILLENIALS LIVE AT HOME

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/30/the-real-reason-so-many-millennials-are-living-at-home/

Friday, July 1, 2016

THE ECONOMICS OF EVICTIONS

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/07/evicted-poverty-and-profit-in-the-american-city-matthew-desmond-review?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

THE ORIGINS OF DOGS

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/484976/

THE TRADEOFFS OF PARKING SPACES

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-tradeoffs-of-parking-spots.html?m=1

THE COST OF UNIVERSAL SECTION 8 VOUCHERS

http://amp.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2016/07/it_s_time_for_universal_housing_vouchers.html

PUERTO RICO'S UNDERLYING ISSUES

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/puerto-rico-debt-crisis/397241/?utm_source=feed

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS

https://aeon.co/essays/best-way-to-solve-homelessness-give-people-homes

EVOLUTION OF SECTION 8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/15/how-section-8-became-a-racial-slur/

Saturday, June 25, 2016

CATERNARY POWER LINES COULD DRIVE TRUCKING INDUSTRY

http://qz.com/714381/siemens-says-it-can-power-unlimited-range-electric-trucks-using-a-150-year-old-technology/

CATERNARY POWER LINES

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_line

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRIMACY OF TRIBAL LAW

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/488393/

RESILIENCE REQUIRES BREAKS

https://hbr.org/2016/06/resilience-is-about-how-you-recharge-not-how-you-endure

GREEN STORMWATER CONTROL IN DETROIT

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/06/detroit-vacant-lots-gardens-stormwater/488342/

FREEZING RENTS ON SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/22/seattle-may-finally-have-found-a-way-to-stop-an-outrageous-practice-by-landlords/

DISTRACTIONS CAUSE ACCIDENTS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/23/there-are-more-dangerous-things-to-do-while-driving-than-using-your-phone/

Thursday, June 23, 2016

BOOK : EVENTIDE

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0375725768/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=GBK4YRMM8SXB6ZD8K62Z

BOOK : PLAINSONG

https://www.amazon.com/Plainsong-Kent-Haruf/dp/0375705856

Saturday, June 18, 2016

ZIP CODE VS METRO LEVEL SECTION 8 VOUCHERS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/17/the-big-change-that-will-help-poor-people-move-to-wealthy-neighborhoods/

KANSAS VS CALIFORNIA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/17/one-state-raised-taxes-the-other-cut-them-guess-which-one-is-in-recession/

Friday, June 17, 2016

WALKABILITY IS A PREMIUM GOOD

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/06/in-the-us-walkability-is-a-premium-good/487319/

EASIER TO BUY AN ASSAULT WEAPON THAN OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/17/its-easier-to-buy-an-assault-weapon-than-open-a-bank-account-really/

HOW IS GDP CALCULATED?

https://m.mic.com/articles/14943/gdp-and-the-us-economy-3-ways-to-measure-economic-production#.lgQmMmqld

BOOK : FATES AND FURIES

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1594634475/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1466187833&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=fates+and+furies&dpPl=1&dpID=61S1x2qa8fL&ref=plSrch

BOOK : THE WHITE ROAD

https://www.amazon.com/White-Road-Journey-into-Obsession/dp/0374289263

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

BOOK : THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN GROWTH

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-American-Growth-Princeton/dp/0691147728

Saturday, June 4, 2016

THE GRAYING OF RURAL AMERICA

The Graying of Rural America http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/485159/

TEXAS VS CALIFORNIA

Texas is the new California, But it won't last http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/5/31/texas-is-the-new-california-but-it-wont-last

INCLUSIONARY ZONING DOES NOT DRIVE UP THE COST OF HOUSING

Inclusionary Zoning Does Not Drive Up Housing Costs http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/06/what-we-know-about-inclusionary-zoning-thus-far/485072/

PEAK POPULATION OVER TIME

The places in America that already have their best days behind them http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2016/06/01/when-every-place-in-the-u-s-hit-its-peak/

RISE IN HOUSING COSTS SHIFTING LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/485330/

BEAVERS REBUILDING WATERSHEDS

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_original_geo-engineers_how_to_save_the_iconic_west_from_the_cow_2014073?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Truthdig+Truthdig%253A+Drilling+Beneath+the+Headlines

DROUGHT MITIGATION

http://californiawaterblog.com/2014/08/03/getting-through-the-dry-times-2/

CITIES WHERE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPANDING FASTEST

http://www.businessinsider.com/concentrated-poverty-in-america-2014-8?op=1

IS SHAREHOLDER VALUE BAD FOR BUSINESS?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/08/02/shareholder-value-bad-for-business/3O4MYxjWgmJ2DOPwkeYxyN/story.html?src=longreads

VALLEY FEVER

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/the-mysterious-fungus-infecting-the-american-southwest/375191/

FRACKING AND EARTHQUAKES IN TEXAS

http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2014/may/earthquakes-and-the-texas-miracle?src=longreads&single=1

HEALTH CARE REVOLUTION IN MARYLAND

http://www.businessinsider.com/maryland-health-care-revolution-2014-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

FORGETTING EARLY CHILDHOOD

https://aeon.co/essays/where-do-children-s-earliest-memories-go

THE LIMITS OF ANESTHESIA

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/awakening/309188/?single_page=true?Src=longreads

MORALITY AND JOURNALISM

http://gangrey.com/?p=5466

TIME MAGAZINE

http://nymag.com/news/features/time-inc-magazines-2014-8/?src=longreads

SOME MALLS ARE THRIVING

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004947-malls-aren-t-dying-they-re-thriving

SUMMER BREAKS, EDUCATION AND INEQUALITY

https://blog.longreads.com/2015/08/25/the-lost-summer/

DO BANKS BENEFIT FROM RISING INTEREST RATES?

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2015/10/5/banks-and-interest-rates-be-careful-what-you-wish-for

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT LIMITS PAYDAY LENDING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/08/what-happens-when-the-government-limits-payday-lending/

STOPPING MASS SHOOTINGS

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/mass-shootings-threat-assessment-shooter-fbi-columbine?src=longreads

FIXING BROKEN WINDOWS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/fixing-broken-windows?mbid=rss

GSE REFORM

http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2016/5/9/gses-reforms-at-the-margin

OPTIMISM AND POLITICS

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/opinion/sunday/when-did-optimism-become-uncool.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&referer=

Thursday, June 2, 2016

BOOK : EVICTED

https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City/dp/0553447432

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

BOOK : PURITY

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0374239215?pc_redir=T1

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

BOOK : WHY INTELLIGENCE FAILS

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Intelligence-Fails-Revolution-Security/dp/0801478065

Sunday, May 22, 2016

IMPROVING TRUCK AND BUS EFFICIENCY

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/05/sustainable-trucks-buses-fuel-efficiency-in-transportation/471621/

INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2016/05/20-infrastructure-jobs-gap-kane-tomer?rssid=LatestFromBrookings

Sunday, May 15, 2016

WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WIN BY BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/05/which-neighborhoods-win-by-building-affordable-housing/481209/

WALMART OUTSOURCES ITS SECURITY TO LOCAL POLICE

http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/public-safety/walmart-police/?src=longreads

Saturday, May 14, 2016

LOW WAGE MANUFACTURING JOBS

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/manufacturing-public-assistance/482592/

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

BOOK : SHOW ME A HERO

http://www.amazon.com/Show-Me-Hero-Lisa-Belkin/dp/0316088641

BOOK : PEAK

http://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544456238

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THE SUGAR CONSPIRACY

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

REBUILDING FISHERIES

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2016/04/19/how-dwindling-fish-stocks-got-a-reprieve/?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=

Saturday, April 30, 2016

BOOK : MOVE

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393246809/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1462045481&sr=1-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=move&dpPl=1&dpID=51JkEEF%2BuYL&ref=plSrch

Friday, April 29, 2016

NOT SLEEPING IS STUPID

https://m.signalvnoise.com/being-tired-isn-t-a-badge-of-honor-fa6d4c8cff4e#.e7j6fujyh

OVER SENSITIVITY AND CONCEPT CREEP

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/concept-creep/477939/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FIXING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/inside-americas-infrastructure-problem?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

WATER SHORTAGES LEADING TO GLOBAL UNREST

https://www.revealnews.org/article/were-running-out-of-water-and-the-worlds-powers-are-very-worried/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

TIME, SELF CONTROL, AND AWARENESS

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/27/time-felt-marc-wittmann/

HOUSTON IMPROVES ITS BUS SYSTEM

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/4/28/why-houston-is-back-on-the-bus

Thursday, April 28, 2016

MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE NOT COMING BACK

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/the-impossibility-of-reviving-american-manufacturing/479661/

HOW THE TOP 20 PERCENT LIVE

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/opinion/campaign-stops/how-the-other-fifth-lives.html?login=email&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=2&mtrref=undefined&assetType=opinion&referer=

Sunday, April 24, 2016

UNIVERSITIES AS DRIVERS OF REGIONAL GROWTH

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/cities-colleges-akron-polymers/472881/

SUBPRIME AUTO LOANS

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/car-subprime-bubble-auto-loans-credit-acceptance-don-foss?src=longreads

BOOK : MORT(E)

http://www.amazon.com/Morte-Robert-Repino/dp/1616954272

EVICTIONS AND POVERTY

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/29/471347542/living-from-rent-to-rent-tenants-on-the-edge-of-eviction?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

CHRONIC DISEASES AND THE HOMELESS

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/homeless-patients/475830/

Saturday, April 23, 2016

BEDBUG GENOME SEQUENCED

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/02/scientists-have-sequenced-the-bedbug-genome-and-we-are-one-step-closer-to-destroying-them-forever/459966/

TEXAS DEFIES FAIR HOUSING RULES

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/02/texas-fair-housing-midlothian-supreme-court/458919/

RETAIL RETURN POLICIES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/01/22/the-surprising-psychology-of-shoppers-and-return-policies/

SUBWAY CAR DESIGN

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2016/02/subways_should_have_open_gangway_cars_why_does_the_u_s_resist_it.html

WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE WALKABLE

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/4/18/3-things-a-neighborhood-needs-to-be-truly-walkable

SAVING CRANBERRIES

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2016/04/17/ocean-spray-cranberry-business/?src=longreads

SUPERCOWS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/21/look-at-what-weve-done-to-cows/

Thursday, April 21, 2016

BOOK : WHY PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE

http://www.amazon.com/Public-Higher-Education-Should-Free/dp/081356123X

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

PROTEIN AND OBESITY

http://www.science20.com/deconstructing_obesity/the_protein_leverage_hypothesis-156539

Monday, April 18, 2016

BOOK : THE ROCKS

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1594633312/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1461015632&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=the+rocks+peter+nichols&dpPl=1&dpID=51r4MdBBK1L&ref=plSrch

BOOK : MISBEHAVING

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393080943/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

SPRAWL IS NOT THE PROBLEM

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/4/17/sprawl-is-not-the-problem

Sunday, April 17, 2016

MASS INCARCERATION IN SMALL COUNTIES

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/the-rise-of-1000-small-jails/475260/

HEROIN EPIDEMIC IN MANATEE COUNTY

http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/the-fire-inside-manatee-county-finds-itself-at-the-epicenter-of-a-heroin/2271225?src=longreads

MISREPRESENTING LOCAL FOOD

http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/food/farm-to-fable/restaurants/?src=longreads

Saturday, April 16, 2016

THE HIGH COST OF BEING POOR

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/its-getting-more-expensive-to-be-poor/

PRODUCTIVITY GAINS IN SHALE OIL

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2016/04/productivity-gains-in-u-s-shale-oil

TOO MANY WORKERS, SOLUTION INFRASTRUCTURE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/04/the-world-has-too-many-workers-government-spending-to-the-rescue/

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GROWTH

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/how-can-a-jobs-recovery-so-historic-be-so-disappointing/476916/

SANTA ANA WINDS

http://la.curbed.com/2016/4/6/11350250/santa-ana-wind-weather-health

HOW TAX PREPARERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/eict-tax-prep/478305/

COAL IS A ZOMBIE INDUSTRY

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2016/04/the_u_k_is_quitting_coal_poorer_countries_aren_t.html

LUCK AND GRATITUDE

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/why-luck-matters-more-than-you-might-think/476394/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AtlanticBusinessChannel+%28The+Atlantic+-+Business%29

CENSORSHIP ON THE INTERNET

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderator-history-youtube-facebook-reddit-censorship-free-speech

CORPORATE ISOLATIONISM IN THE SUBURBS

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/stuck-in-1950s-suburbia/?Src=longreads

WHY AMERICA UNDERSPENDS ON INFRASTRUCTURE

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/inside-americas-infrastructure-problem

Sunday, April 10, 2016

BOOK : THE BURIED GIANT

http://www.amazon.com/The-Buried-Giant-A-novel/dp/030727103X

Saturday, April 9, 2016

RESTAURANTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/4/6/the-restaurant-factor

SUPERMARKETS AND MILLENIALS

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/04/supermarkets-have-a-millennial-problem-and-suburbia-is-to-blame/476937/

Friday, April 8, 2016

THE THROWAWAYS

http://therumpus.net/2012/01/the-throwaways/?src=longreads

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

BOOK : 20 MASTER PLOTS

http://www.amazon.com/20-Master-Plots-Build-Them/dp/1599635372

Sunday, April 3, 2016

BOOK : SWEETLAND

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1631491105/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Friday, April 1, 2016

WHY PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY

http://qz.com/647197/almost-everyone-who-is-unhappy-with-life-is-unhappy-for-the-same-reasons/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

Thursday, March 31, 2016

BOOK : ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

http://www.amazon.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See/dp/1476746583

BOOK : THE ORGANIZED MIND

http://www.amazon.com/The-Organized-Mind-Thinking-Information/dp/052595418X

Saturday, March 26, 2016

ARE HIGH DEDUCTIBLES A GOOD THING?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2016/03/07/are-high-deductibles-a-good-thing-part-i/#65962d4e1013

MOVING FROM PUBLIC HOUSING IMPROVES CHILDRENS' OUTCOMES

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/upshot/growing-up-in-a-bad-neighborhood-does-more-harm-than-we-thought.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0&referer=

Thursday, March 24, 2016

BOOK : BRINGING NATURE HOME

http://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-Wildlife-Expanded/dp/0881929921

Monday, March 21, 2016

DEPARTMENT STORES FIGHT BACK

http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/whats-next-for-the-american-department-store?src=longreads&utm_content=buffer2f4a1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Sunday, March 20, 2016

THE COMING COLLAPSE IN SAUDI ARABIA

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/saudi-arabia-collapse/463212/

FIXED VS GROWTH MINDSETS

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/02/carol-dweck-growth/

PRODUCTIVITY DECOUPLED FROM INCOME

https://hbr.org/2016/03/economic-growth-isnt-over-but-it-doesnt-create-jobs-like-it-used-to

TREND IS NOT DESTINY

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/03/karl-popper-mistake-of-historicism/

Saturday, March 19, 2016

THE AFTERMATH OF HEALTH CARE ERRORS

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/15/11157552/medical-errors-stories-mistakes?src=longreads

THE RISE IN EVICTIONS

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2016/03/an_interview_with_matthew_desmond_on_evicted_his_book_about_the_eviction.html

WHO LIKES COMMUTING?

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/a-mystery-the-people-who-enjoy-commuting/474138/

Friday, March 18, 2016

HOW HIGH END HOUSING HELPS LOW INCOME TENANTS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/the-poor-are-better-off-when-we-build-more-housing-for-the-rich/

TRADER JOE'S SMALL PARKING LOTS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/3/16/trader-joes

BOOK : PHISHING FOR PHOOLS

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0691168318/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1458333569&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=phishing+for+phools

BOOK : RECLAIMING CONVERSATION

http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Conversation-Power-Talk-Digital/dp/1594205558

Thursday, March 17, 2016

THE GOSPEL OF DOUBT

https://www.ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

ARE POOR WHITES VICTIMS?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/432796/working-class-whites-have-moral-responsibilities-defense-kevin-williamson

Monday, March 14, 2016

PLANNING FOR DISASTERS

http://qz.com/638173/dont-fixate-on-things-you-cant-know-everyday-business-lessons-from-disaster-response-experts/

Sunday, March 13, 2016

RESTORING THE EVERGLADES

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/466582238/once-parched-floridas-everglades-finds-its-flow-again?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

THE ART OF IGNORING THE IRRELEVANT

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/dont-think-about-a-polar-bear/472581/

THE GREAT SALT LAKE IS DRYING UP

http://inhabitat.com/the-great-salt-lake-is-heading-the-way-of-the-dodo/

THE CASE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/03/insights-on-infrastructure.html?m=1

POVERTY AND MARRIAGE

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/marriage-poverty/473019/

Saturday, March 12, 2016

HOW TO MAKE CHOOSING EASIER

https://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_choosing_what_to_choose

THE DOWNSIDE TO LITHIUM BATTERIES

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/the-path-to-lithium-batteries-friend-or-foe.html

ARE ELECTRIC CARS GREEN?

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/19/tesla-motors-dirty-little-secret-is-a-major-proble.aspx

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

BOOK : LOS ANGELES

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0520260155/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1457482389&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=los+angeles+banham

BOOK : SUPERFORECASTING

http://www.amazon.com/Superforecasting-The-Art-Science-Prediction/dp/0804136696

Sunday, March 6, 2016

FIXING THE EITC FOR CHILDLESS LOW INCOME ADULTS

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/03/03/8-Million-Adults-Could-Be-Driven-Poverty-Because-They-Have-Job?utm_campaign=548f5168cb03a93709042da0&utm_source=boomtrain&utm_medium=email&bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJhOWIxYzY3NC03MTRmLTQ0OTMtODU5NC04YzhiMTdhMmVmNDcifQ%3D%3D

WHY AMERICANS LIKE AMATEUR PRESIDENTS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/amateurs-in-the-oval-office/407830/

WHAT'S WRONG WITH TIPPING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/

BEHIND THE OIL GLUT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/17/how-the-worlds-great-oil-powers-became-so-powerless/

DESIGNING EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/02/ken-iverson-incentive-systems/

WHO PAYS FOR RECLAMATION WHEN COAL COMPANIES FAIL?

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/29/468577856/when-coal-companies-fail-who-pays-for-the-cleanup?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

PLANNING FOR RISING SEA LEVELS

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/rising-sea-levels/471417/

WHY ORGANIZATOONS FORGET THEIR FAILURES

https://hbr.org/2016/02/why-organizations-forget-what-they-learn-from-failures

DEVELOPING THE HIGH GROUND IN MIAMI

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/taking-the-high-ground-and-developing-it/472326/

Saturday, March 5, 2016

THE END OF SUBURBIA

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/24/suburbia-the-discount-rate-utopia

HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON GROWTH

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/president-2016-cities-housing/472014/

TOUGH TIMES FOR FARMERS

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/03/468887506/with-economy-stuck-in-the-mud-farmers-sink-deeper-into-debt?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

DEFUSING ARGUMENTS

https://hbr.org/2016/03/when-an-argument-gets-too-heated-heres-what-to-say

AMERICA'S RETIREMENT CRISIS

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2016/03/retirement_for_americans_is_getting_even_scarier_the_candidates_need_to.html

Friday, March 4, 2016

GHOST TENANTS IN NEW YORK CITY' S PUBLIC HOUSING

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2016/03/new_york_city_public_housing_could_have_more_than_100_000_ghost_tenants.single.html

Thursday, March 3, 2016

BOOK : EMPIRE OF COTTON

http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Cotton-A-Global-History/dp/0375414142

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

A SAFE PLACE FOR HEROIN USERS

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/01/468572534/bostons-heroin-users-will-soon-get-a-safer-place-to-be-high?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Monday, February 29, 2016

EATING HERRING

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/29/467954091/herring-headache-the-big-obstacles-to-eating-small-fish-in-california?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Sunday, February 28, 2016

HOW PREDATORS INFLUENCE ECOSYSTEMS

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/nothing-to-fear-except-fear-itself-wolves-and-bears/470532/

OREGON'S TIERED MINIMUM WAGE

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/oregon-minimum-wage/470460/

HOW TO APOLOGIZE

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/how-to-apologize/470457/

AMERICANS WANT WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/12/americans-want-walkable-neighborhoods

WALKABILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/23/want-community-build-walkability

WALKABILITY FOR SENIORS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/23/walkability-for-seniors

HOW GERMS TRAVEL ON AIRPLANES AND HOW TO STOP THEM

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

BOOK : THE SWAMP

http://www.amazon.com/The-Swamp-Everglades-Politics-Paradise/dp/0743251075

WHY WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEST

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/22/why-walkability

AMENITIES ARE DRIVING POPULATION GROWTH IN DOWNTOWNS

http://www.citylab.com/work/2016/02/urban-revival-america-college-educated-2000-2010/470415/

Saturday, February 27, 2016

SUBURBAN POVERTY IN FLORIDA

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/24/suburban-decline

SMUGGLING CACTI

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/cactus-thieves/470070/?src=longreads

STEALING ACADEMIC JOURNALS

http://thelongandshort.org/margins/aaron-swartz-jstor-hack?src=longreads

THE RISE AND FALL OF ATLANTIC CITY

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/25/468114845/going-for-broke-atlantic-city-falls-on-hard-times?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

HOW CITIES SHAPE EPIDEMICS

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/urbanization-pandemic-excerpt/470214/

BUDGET WOES IN SAN JOSE

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/budget-woes-in-one-of-americas-wealthiest-cities/470877/

NURSING HOME EVICTIONS

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/25/467958665/nursing-home-evictions-strand-the-disabled-in-costly-hospitals?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

WHAT CAUSES SUBWAY DELAYS?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/mta-one-day-625-delays.html

THE HUMAN POTENTIAL WASTED ON COMMUTES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/25/how-much-of-your-life-youre-wasting-on-your-commute/

Thursday, February 25, 2016

BOOK : ON THE RUN

http://www.amazon.com/On-Run-Fieldwork-Encounters-Discoveries/dp/022613671X

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

THE BENEFITS OF INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE

http://99u.com/workbook/52254/information-overload-embrace-intentional-ignorance

WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/01/why-everybody-should-work-in-hollywood.html

Sunday, February 21, 2016

INVISIBLE SPECIAL EFFECTS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/invisible-special-effects-beauty-photoshop/

Friday, February 12, 2016

BOOK : $2.00 A DAY: LIVING ON ALMOST NOTHING IN AMERICA

http://www.amazon.com/2-00-Day-Living-Nothing-America/dp/0544303180

BOOK : THE WILLPOWER INSTINCT

http://www.amazon.com/The-Willpower-Instinct-Self-Control-Matters/dp/1583335080

Saturday, February 6, 2016

DESALINATION THROUGH WAVE POWER

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/news/worlds-first-wave-powered-desalination-plant-now-operational-perth

CLEAN WATER FROM CONDENSATION

http://www.wired.com/2014/03/warka-water-africa/#slide-1

DESALINATION BY SOLAR POWER FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/23/3682598/first-commercial-solar-desalination-plant-in-california/

Friday, February 5, 2016

BOOK : THE UNPERSUADABLES

http://www.amazon.com/The-Unpersuadables-Adventures-Enemies-Science/dp/1468308181

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

BOOK : A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING

http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Time-Being-Novel/dp/0143124870

Saturday, January 23, 2016

REINVENTING MOVIE STUDIOS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-mogul-of-the-middle

JORGE RAMOS AND UNIVISION

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/05/the-man-who-wouldnt-sit-down

REINVENTING PUERTO RICO

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/06/the-puerto-rican-problem

Monday, January 18, 2016

TURNING AROUND UNITED AIRLINES

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-united-airlines-struggles/?src=longreads

BOOK: TRANSATLANTIC

http://www.amazon.com/TransAtlantic-A-Novel-Colum-McCann/dp/0812981928

COMMUNITY BANKING IN CHINATOWN

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-accused-jiayang-fan

THE COASTS DOMINATE US PROPERTY VALUES

http://metrocosm.com/new-york-city-property-values-in-perspective/

THE TRIALS OF ALICE GOFFMAN

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-trials-of-alice-goffman.html?src=longreads&_r=0&referer=

Sunday, January 17, 2016

HOW GERMS TRAVEL ON AIRPLANES

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

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AMERICAN LAWN

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/08/the-american-lawn-a-eulogy/402745/

Saturday, January 16, 2016

WHY IS THE LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE FALLING?

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-do-people-say-they-arent-in-labor.html?m=1

FIGHTING FOR A DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD

http://m.metrotimes.com/detroit/how-one-mans-fight-for-his-detroit-neighborhood-went-viral/Content?oid=2390028

WHAT MAKES A PRODUCTIVE PLACE?

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/1/12/whats-a-productive-place

THE FUTILITY OF WIDENING FREEWAYS

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/1/12/the-futility-of-widening

BETTER PARKING INCREASES DRIVING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/15/the-problem-with-parking/

AMERICA'S NEXT BOOM CITIES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005145-americas-next-boom-towns-regions-watch-2016

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

BOOK: STUDY IN PERFECT

http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Association-Programs-Creative-Nonfiction/dp/0820347124

Sunday, January 10, 2016

BOOK: A WILD SHEEP CHASE

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Sheep-Chase-Novel/dp/037571894X

Saturday, January 9, 2016

BOOK : UNDERGROUND

http://www.amazon.com/Underground-Tokyo-Attack-Japanese-Psyche/dp/0375725806

BOOK : AFTER THE QUAKE

http://www.amazon.com/After-Quake-Stories-Haruki-Murakami/dp/0375713271

Saturday, January 2, 2016

10 TRAFFIC MYTHS

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/12/10-tired-traffic-myths-that-didnt-get-a-rest-in-2015/422274/

AGING AND VACANT HOMES IN JAPAN

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/12/what-the-us-needs-to-know-about-japans-vacant-property-crisis/422349/

WHERE DO GUNS USED IN CRIME COME FROM?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/29/where-guns-used-in-crimes-come-from/

FANNIE AND FREDDIE SYNTHETIC CDOS

http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2015/12/a-tentative-two-cheers-for-fannie-and-freddie-cdos.html