52 books and 365 articles: April 2017

Thursday, April 27, 2017

BOOK: HILLBILLY ELEGY

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062300547/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493327784&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=hillbilly+elegy

BOOK: THE ONE MINUTE WORKOUT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0399183663/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493327515&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=the+one+minute+workout

BOOK: THE GLASS CAGE

https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cage-How-Computers-Changing/dp/0393351637

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

MINIMUM WAGE HIKES HURT BAD RESTAURANTS

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/524274/

Sunday, April 23, 2017

VAN LIFE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/vanlife-the-bohemian-social-media-movement/amp

Saturday, April 22, 2017

WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE A KIDNEY

http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/11/12716978/kidney-donation-dylan-matthews

THE END OF INDEPENDENT FILM AS WE KNOW IT

https://theringer.com/netflix-amazon-studios-independent-film-sundance-5def390a69ef

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005588-universal-basic-income-a-social-vaccine-technological-displacement

RECORD NUMBER OF MILLENIALS LIVING WITH PARENTS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/millennials-living-at-home-but-not-burnouts.html

GI BILL VETERANS OFTEN DON'T GRADUATE

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/why-is-the-student-veteran-graduation-rate-so-low/523779/?utm_source=feed

Thursday, April 20, 2017

BOOK: THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION

https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Illusion-Never-Think-Alone/dp/039918435X

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

ONE WAY STREETS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/4/18/are-one-way-streets-really-that-bad

Sunday, April 16, 2017

CALIFORNIA IS DOING WELL

http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.com/2017/04/how-wrong-is-ibd-on-california-let-us.html?m=1

Saturday, April 15, 2017

THE USELESSNESS OF JOB INTERVIEWS

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-utter-uselessness-of-job-interviews.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&referer=

THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO AIRLINE OVERBOOKING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/04/julian-simons-almost-practical-solution.html?m=1

BOOK: THE POLITICS OF RESENTMENT

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Resentment-Consciousness-Wisconsin-American/dp/022634911X

Friday, April 14, 2017

THE JUST WORLD FALLACY: BLAMING THE VICTIM

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/the-just-world-fallacy-could-explain-victim-blaming.html

Thursday, April 13, 2017

WHY COAL WON'T COME BACK

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2017/04/pruitt_s_coal_mine_is_owned_by_people_who_want_to_get_out_of_coal_mining.html

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/health/vitamin-d-deficiency-supplements.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfron&pagewanted=all&referer=

Sunday, April 9, 2017

CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME WEATHER

https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/04/09/californias-drought-and-floods-are-over-and-just-beginning/amp/

COASTAL CALIFORNIA VS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005581-the-other-california-a-flyover-state-within-a-state

THE HIGH WATER MARK

https://longreads.com/2017/04/04/the-high-water-mark/amp/

Saturday, April 8, 2017

WHERE THE STUPID PEOPLE LIVE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/04/the-shockingly-low-seat-belt-use-in-some-parts-of-the-country/?utm_term=.f347f3323967#comments

DESALINATION BY FILTRATION

http://inhabitat.com/new-graphene-sieve-can-remove-even-small-salts-from-seawater/

IT'S HARD TO FIND WORK WHEN YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/04/how-do-people-find-jobs.html

CROWD FUNDING MEDICAL CARE 3

https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/real-peril-of-crowdfunding-healthcare?utm_term=.lh3Kn0VeB#.lqlZKV07G

CROWD SOURCING MEDICAL CARE 2

https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/who-should-pay-for-evan-karrs-heart?utm_term=.wf5QbYXZ8#.paKmVG5jX

CROWD SOURCING MEDICAL CARE

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/is-it-fair-to-ask-the-internet-to-pay-your-hospital-bill/387577/

LEAP FORWARD IN ROBOT CAPABILITIES

https://qz.com/952240/righthand-robotics-has-automated-a-new-type-of-warehouse-work-that-could-help-amazon-amzn/

UNDERSTANDING HOMELESSNESS

http://www.understandhomelessness.com/

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/4/6/accessory-dwelling-units-a-flexible-free-market-housing-solution

CALIFORNIA SOLAR POWER

https://qz.com/953614/california-produced-so-much-power-from-solar-energy-this-spring-that-wholesale-electricity-prices-turned-negative/

Friday, April 7, 2017

BOOK: COMING UP SHORT: WORKING CLASS ADULTHOOD IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY

https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Short-Working-Class-Adulthood-Uncertainty/dp/0190231890

DOES BANK CAPITAL MATTER?

http://voxeu.org/article/what-has-bank-capital-ever-done-us

Thursday, April 6, 2017

LANDLORDS LEVERAGING THREATS OF DEPORTATION AGAINST TENANTS

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/04/landlords-are-threatening-immigrant-tenants-with-ice-deportations/521370/?utm_source=feed

CAN LOUISIANA REFORM ITS APPROACH INCARCERATION?

http://amp.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trials_and_error/2017/04/is_louisiana_finally_ready_for_criminal_justice_reform.html

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

WHY CARMAGEDDONS DON'T HAPPEN

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/04/what-happened-to-atlantas-carmageddon/521805/?utm_source=feed

HOW WELFARE REFORM FAILED

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