52 books and 365 articles: May 2017

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

BOOK: NARCONOMICS

Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610395832/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_rNElzbNAC80CT

Sunday, May 28, 2017

THE POWER OF PREDICTABLE PAYCHECKS

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/financial-diaries-predictable-paychecks/527100/?utm_source=feed

USING AUCTIONS TO SET PRICES

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2017/05/23/united_airlines_re-accommodation_could_have_so_easily_been_avoided_102704.html

PEOPLE AVOID INFORMATION

http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/march/information-avoidance.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

MIDDLE EASTERN REFUGEES IN GERMANY

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/apr/19/102-villagers-750-refugees-one-grand-experiment

FIXING MEDICAL CARE PRICING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/a-bipartisan-way-to-improve-medical-care

YOUR BRAIN CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH FOCUS

https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

MIND WANDERING AND CREATIVITY

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/10/09/mind-wandering-and-creativity/

THE ILLUSION OF COMPETENCE

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-know-it-alls-dont-know-or-the-illusion-of-competence?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

POVERTY IS LIKE A DISEASE

http://m.nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/why-poverty-is-like-a-disease

Saturday, May 27, 2017

RELATIONSHIP PATTERNS IN HIGH SCHOOL

https://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/chains.htm

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS ON NEW HOUSING

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-23/the-return-to-sprawl-is-more-about-supply-than-demand

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

LEAD POISONING IN NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC HOUSING

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

Sunday, May 21, 2017

DECLINING LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION

https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-declining-labor-force-participation-a-review/amp/

WHY KIDS REJECT OTHER KIDS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/05/a-new-study-looks-at-why-kids-reject-other-kids.html

BALTIMORE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FOR IMMIGRANTS

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/20/529176360/facing-a-population-decline-baltimore-set-up-a-legal-defense-fund-for-immigrants

Saturday, May 20, 2017

PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN COURT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/taking-down-terrorists-in-court

IS THE GIG ECONOMY WORKING?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/is-the-gig-economy-working

Friday, May 19, 2017

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Sympathizer-Novel-Pulitzer-Prize-Fiction/dp/0802124941&ved=0ahUKEwj6i4an_fzTAhURxGMKHcB_CuEQFgh7MA8&usg=AFQjCNFJdCnX3P41Zx6_2bEXJXHZP1BtrA&sig2=Of33GUnk8qRKCuYAHqRFbQ

BOOK: THE ROAD TAKEN

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

SMALL TOWN VALUES

http://www.urbanophile.com/2017/05/16/what-makes-you-think-youre-better-than-anyone-else/

Sunday, May 14, 2017

GENTRIFICATION IN CHARLESTON SC

http://amp.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/05/can_charleston_emulate_the_high_line_without_deepening_gentrification.html

Saturday, May 13, 2017

MAKING HOUSING AFFORDABLE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/5/8/immutable-laws-of-affordable-housing

HOUSTON IS AMERICA'S MOST DIVERSE CITY

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-houston-diversity-2017-htmlstory.html

ALTERNATIVES TO THE GAS TAX

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/05/higher-gas-taxes-wont-work/525651/?utm_source=feed

DWAYNE JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT

http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover

LIHTC PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527046451/affordable-housing-program-costs-more-shelters-less

WHY INSURERS ARE LEAVING OBAMACARE

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/why-so-many-insurers-are-leaving-obamacare/526137/?utm_source=feed

HIGH RETURN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/5/10/highest-return-on-investment-city-not-where-you-think

MORE FISH THROUGH LESS FISHING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/05/more-fish-through-less-fishing.html?m=1

Friday, May 12, 2017

BOOK: BULLIES

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Bullies-Friendship-Alex-Abramovich/dp/0805094288&ved=0ahUKEwiRjtzbsevTAhXLSiYKHTY8D9QQFggdMAA&usg=AFQjCNG3fTd__98elhcNgaVhXkvvIKH14w&sig2=PgxdeR2URlxICutE2lKOnw

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

BOOK: THE CLIMATE CASINO

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Casino-Uncertainty-Economics-Warming/dp/030021264X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmau27-PTAhXqlVQKHVUuDVMQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNHjqngiwYRXho4huxmep2Z8MC2mbw&sig2=ys0zbokXo7AVNzzSTYRpEQ

BOOK: WE WANTED WORKERS

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Wanted-Workers-Unraveling-Immigration-Narrative/dp/0393249018&ved=0ahUKEwiBodv37OPTAhVBj1QKHUnQD0QQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNH47QvX6gd17Xi0DFbqmNYGJT24jw&sig2=fGfa8XrAuP-fS_2hEgx7lg

Monday, May 8, 2017

WHY GERMANY HAS SO MANY MANUFACTURING JOBS

https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-germany-still-has-so-many-middle-class-manufacturing-jobs