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Sunday, February 26, 2017
SWEDISH IMMIGRATION
https://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/02/whats-wrong-with-sweden/517317/?utm_source=feed
WHY CHICAGO HAS BECOME MORE VIOLENT
http://cornersideyard.blogspot.com/2017/02/chicagos-crime-wave-understood-complex.html?m=1
CHICAGO FACING SPENDING CUTS
https://www.citylab.com/crime/2017/02/chicago-braces-for-an-austerity-double-whammy/516621/?utm_source=feed
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT AND POLITICS
https://qz.com/916680/the-psychology-of-punishment-is-key-to-why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests-says-an-oxford-neuroscientist/
Saturday, February 25, 2017
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENT IN KENYA
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/magazine/universal-income-global-inequality.html?referer=
NUTS AND SEEDS SLOW AGING
http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/nuts-and-seeds-reduce-aging-increasing-telomere-length
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
COMMUTES GETTING WORSE
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/22/the-american-commute-is-worse-today-than-its-ever-been/?utm_term=.bbf2b7c83481
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
BOOK: THE VOICES WITHIN
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465096808/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487705056&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=the+voices+within
BOOK: CONSIDER THE LOBSTER
https://www.amazon.com/Consider-Lobster-Essays-Foster-Wallace/dp/0316013323
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017
RELATIVE DEPRIVATION AND POLITICS
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513306355/the-theory-that-explains-the-anger-of-our-political-moment
HOTEL APPRENTICESHIPS
http://www.citylab.com/work/2017/02/why-a-major-hotel-chain-is-offering-apprenticeships/515601/?utm_source=feed
TRUMP ON ASSET FORFEITURE
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/07/trump-jokes-with-sheriffs-about-destroying-a-texas-legislators-career-over-asset-forfeiture/?utm_term=.3fe2feb8ffc2
THE PLACES MOST EXPOSED TO A TRADE WAR
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/trade-exposure/
YIMBY SUPPORT DENSITY
https://qz.com/905255/americas-affordable-housing-crisis-meets-the-yimby-movement-who-believe-that-private-real-estate-developers-could-be-the-inner-cities-saviors-not-their-downfall/
LYING AS A STRATEGY
https://qz.com/905252/donald-trumps-lies-are-all-part-of-a-debate-tactic-called-the-gish-gallop/
SHARED ADULT HOUSING
http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2017/02/what-its-really-like-to-live-in-a-dorm-for-adults/516036/?utm_source=feed
RISING WATER COSTS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/affordable-water-may-soon-dry-especially-live/
THE CASCADING IMPACT OF HIGH WATER COSTS
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/2/7/cascading-impacts-of-high-water-costs
Monday, February 6, 2017
WE SHOULD VALUE OUR POLITICAL CONFLICTS
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/opinion/rethinking-our-patriotism.html?_r=0&referer=
THE WISDOM OF CROWDS VS HERD MENTALITY
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-03/the-wisdom-and-madness-of-crowds
Sunday, February 5, 2017
THE BORDER WALL'S COSTS
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/01/30/why-the-border-walls-costs-far-outweigh-its-benefits/
THE CASE AGAINST HISTORIC PRESERVATION
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/30/historical-preservation
FIXING EB-5
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/01/how-to-fix-the-broken-eb5-cash-for-visas-immigration-program-trump/511265/?utm_source=feed
ROADS TWICE AS BAD OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS
https://qz.com/900565/fedex-says-us-roads-are-so-bad-its-burning-through-tires-twice-as-fast-as-it-did-20-years-ago/
STOPPING SURPRISE OUT OF NETWORK MEDICAL BILLS
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/stopping-surprise-medical-bills-federal-action-is-needed/
WHY APPRENTICESHIPS ARE TAKING OFF
http://www.citylab.com/work/2017/02/why-apprenticeships-are-taking-off/514977/?utm_source=feed
IDENTIFYING SCIENTIFIC FRAUD
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science
WHY GRANDPA IS HOMELESS
https://psmag.com/radical-efforts-to-end-homelessness-old-sick-and-on-the-street-80ea458ea7ee#.jcqfwsqwc
AMERICA'S WORKING POOR
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/photographic-chronicle-america-working-poor-180961147/?preview
Friday, February 3, 2017
BOOK: A NATION OF TAKERS
https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Takers-Americas-Entitlement-Epidemic/dp/1599474352
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WHY LOW PROBABILITY EVENTS ARE SCARY
https://qz.com/898207/the-psychology-of-why-americans-are-more-scared-of-terrorism-than-guns-though-guns-are-3210-times-likelier-to-kill-them/
DEATH SPIRAL DEMOGRAPHICS
http://www.newgeography.com/content/005525-death-spiral-demographics-the-countries-shrinking-the-fastest
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