52 books and 365 articles: December 2016

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