Tuesday, November 27, 2018

SUCCESSFUL EASTERN OREGON NEWSPAPER

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/26/670058419/digging-deep-into-local-news-a-small-newspaper-in-rural-oregon-is-thriving

DESIGNING HOUSES SO THEY DON'T BURN IN WILDFIRES

https://slate.com/business/2018/11/california-houses-rebuild-camp-fire-design.html

Monday, November 26, 2018

CAUSE OF THE GREAT RECESSION

https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2018/11/kotlikoff-on-big-con.html

Sunday, November 25, 2018

THE MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslach_Burnout_Inventory

THE MUTUAL AID ECONOMY

https://longreads.com/2018/11/20/a-stimulus-plan-for-the-mutual-aid-economy/

Saturday, November 24, 2018

BOOK: OH PIONEERS!

Cather, Willa

BREAKING UP THE UNITED STATES

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/maybe-its-time-for-america-to-split-up.html

PREVENTING SUICIDES

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-help-someone-who-is-suicidal

PROTECTING TOWNS FROM WILDFIRES

https://mashable.com/article/wildfire-california-montecito-resistance/

TECH MEN MAKING BREAD

https://www.eater.com/2018/11/19/18099127/bread-silicon-valley-sourdough-tech-bros-tartine-chad-robertson

BATTLE VEST

https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2018/11/17/battle-vest-by-berry-grass

WHY NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONE ANYMORE

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/ring-ring-ring-ring/561545/

DELAY IN COMMUNICATION

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/life-getting-faster-farman-delayed-response/576181/

MANAGING AMERICAN DECLINE

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/how-bad-americas-decline-relative-china/576319/

THE NEWS MEDIA AS ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/trump-media-criticism-enemy-of-the-people-charge/

THE DECLINE OF CHARITY WALKATHONS

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/charity-walkathons-are-suffering-heres-why/576097/

Friday, November 23, 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018

THE POLITICS OF INFLATION

https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/trump-the-house-democrats-and-the-politics-of-inflation

USING NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO FILL THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE

https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2018/11/01/a_solution_for_americas_primary_care_shortage_110837.html

BOOK: LEAVING TIME

Picoult, Jodi

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

THE COSTS OF TOO MUCH PARKING

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/20/the-many-costs-of-too-much-parking

CATASTROPHE BONDS

https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/chicago-fed-letter/2018/405

HOW TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S MIND

https://ritholtz.com/2018/11/how-to-change-someones-mind/

HOW TO DISAGREE PRODUCTIVELY

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

DENVER FUNDS LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/treatment-centers-addiction-mental-health-caring-4-denver/576202/

536 WAS THE WORST YEAR EVER

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive

MERCHANT CASH ADVANCES

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-confessions-of-judgment/

AMERICANS AREN'T MOVING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/11/19/americans-arent-moving-to-economic-opportunity/

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

https://fs.blog/2018/11/high-road/

WHY INFINITE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS POSSIBLE

https://medium.com/@oliverwaters_76079/the-strange-necessity-of-infinite-economic-growth-ebc2e505cdf1

READING FICTION MAKES YOU NICER

https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/reading-fiction-makes-you-a-little-nicer.html

GRAIN OVERSUPPLY

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-grains-idUSKCN1NQ0GA

WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH ALL THE WEALTH IN THE WORLD?

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/03/combined-wealth-world.html

Co-Living in a Mall

https://www.curbed.com/2018/11/20/18100251/vivahouse-london-prefab-coliving-housing

WHY CALIFORNIA HAS MORE WILDFIRES THAN FINLAND

https://lifehacker.com/why-california-has-more-wildfires-than-finland-1830546028

WHY YOU NEED WINTER TIRES

https://jalopnik.com/heres-proof-that-computers-and-all-wheel-drive-are-no-m-1830536284

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN BUSINESS

https://hbr.org/2014/10/why-your-brain-loves-good-storytelling

INTELLECTUAL HUMILITY

https://hbr.org/2018/11/a-new-way-to-become-more-open-minded

THE ETHICS OF ROAD DESIGN

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/20/how-many-deaths-does-it-take-to-question-standard-practice

Monday, November 19, 2018

BOOK: 4 3 2 1

Auster, Paul

HOUSING CAN'T BE BOTH A GOOD INVESTMENT AND AFFORDABLE

http://cityobservatory.org/housing-cant-be-affordable_and_be-a-good-investment/

Sunday, November 18, 2018

DETECTING TERRORISTS AND THE BASE RATE FALLACY

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8153539.stm

WORST CASE THINKING

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/worst-case_thin_1.html

THE CASE FOR FOURPLEXES

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/29/fourplexes-everywhere-bold-reform-proposed-in-minneapolis

WHAT THE CRAFT BREWING BOOM CAN TEACH OTHER INDUSTRIES 2

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/26/what-the-craft-brewing-boom-can-teach-other-local-industries-part-2

WHAT THE CRAFT BREWING BOOM CAN TEACH OTHER INDUSTRIES

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/26/what-the-craft-brewing-boom-can-teach-other-industries-part-1

THE ADVANTAGE OF DISCOMFORT

https://kc-roi.com/blog/the-unfair-advantage-of-discomfort

Friday, November 16, 2018

DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/11/11/deployment-iraq-changed-my-view-god-country-and-humankind-so-did-coming

Thursday, November 15, 2018

PLANNED BURNS TO LIMIT WILDFIRES

https://www.kqed.org/science/1927354/controlled-burns-can-help-solve-californias-fire-problem-so-why-arent-there-more-of-them

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

BOOK: HISTORY OF WOLVES

Fridlund, Emily

BIG BOX STORES FIGHT PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/property-tax-dark-store-theory-retail-apocalypse-walmart/574123/

BIG BOX STORES FIGHT PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/property-tax-dark-store-theory-retail-apocalypse-walmart/574123/

WHY WILDFIRES CAN'T BE CONTROLLED

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/california-wildfire-why-humans-cant-control-them/575740/

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CARS SO MUCH

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-young-adults-cars-attitudes-20181106-story.html

STAGNANT CHICAGO

https://www.urbanophile.com/2018/04/02/sprawl-without-growth-chicago-edition/

GIVING GOOD FEEDBACK

https://qz.com/work/1238966/how-to-give-feedback-more-effectively/

YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CARS SO MUCH

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-young-adults-cars-attitudes-20181106-story.html

Monday, November 12, 2018

UNACCEPTABLE COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR

https://blog.codinghorror.com/what-if-we-could-weaponize-empathy/

A COMMUNITY OF FORMERLY HOMELESS IN AUSTIN

https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/11/community-first-village-homeless-tiny-homes-austin-texas/575611/

MINORITY VETERANS DISPROPORTIONATELY HOMELESS

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/veterans-housing-unaffordable-young-opioid-homeowner/575635/

BOOK: PLASTIC, A TOXIC LOVE STORY

Freinkel, Susan

DEFENSIVE DECISION MAKING

https://fs.blog/2018/11/defensive-decision-making/

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AMSTERDAM

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/11/amsterdam-housing-displacement-zeedijk-drugs/574303/

Sunday, November 11, 2018

BOOK: AUTUMN

Smith,  Ali

FOCUS ON WHAT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME

https://fs.blog/2018/11/staying-the-same/

ROBERT CIALDINI: INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION

https://ritholtz.com/2018/11/transcript-robert-cialdini/

BOOK: WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES

Fowler,  Karen Joy

WHY AMAZON CHOSE NY AND DC 2

https://www.urbanophile.com/2018/11/06/superstar-effect-wins-again-as-amazon-chooses-new-york-washington-for-hq2-3/

WHY AMAZON CHOSE NY AND DC

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/11/06/amazons-real-estate-team-did-its-homework/

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

EXAMPLE OF A MISSING MIDDLE DEVELOPMENT

https://opticosdesign.com/blog/shaking-up-the-21st-century-multifamily-market-with-missing-middle-neighborhoods/

MISSING MIDDLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

https://opticosdesign.com/blog/the-missing-middle-affordable-housing-solution/

MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING

http://missingmiddlehousing.com/

THE CASE FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/6/theres-a-missing-middle-for-commercial-spaces-too

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

PFAS IN DRINKING WATER

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-3M-groundwater-pollution-problem/

THE OCEANS ARE HEATING UP FASTER THAN EXPECTED

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-oceans-are-heating-up-faster-than-expected/

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUST AND INEQUALITY

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-trust-trap-perpetuates-inequality/

Monday, November 5, 2018

BOOK: SMALL GREAT THINGS

Picoult,  Jodi

WHY YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T VOTE

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/voter-registration-young-people-apathy.html

VOTER SUPPRESSION IN TEXAS

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/somethings-happening-in-texas/574873/

THE PROBLEM WITH BEING PERFECT

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/how-perfectionism-can-be-destructive/574837/

Sunday, November 4, 2018

UNDER OCCUPANCY IN NEW YORK PUBLIC HOUSING

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/12/the-hidden-rooms-within-new-yorks-public-housing/548198/

LIVABILITY VERSUS AFFORDABILITY

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/18/558625656/choosing-between-squalor-or-the-street-housing-without-government-aid

HOW NEIGHBORHOODS INFLUENCE CHILDRENS' LIVES

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html

USING AI FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

http://commercialobserver.com/2018/10/how-brookfield-is-building-manhattan-west-using-ai/

THE HARM REDUCTION MODEL OF DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT

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

HOW BALTIMORE CALLED A CEASEFIRE

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

WORKING FOR USPS

https://medium.com/s/powertrip/confessions-of-a-u-s-postal-worker-we-deliver-amazon-packages-until-we-drop-dead-a6e96f125126

AMERICA'S NEWS DESERTS

https://ritholtz.com/2018/11/americas-news-deserts/

REVISITING EDGE CITY

https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/04/return-to-edge-city/552362/

Saturday, November 3, 2018

WHY EYEWITNESSES GET IT WRONG

https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

HOW RELIABLE IS YOUR MEMORY?

https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

HOW TO REPORT HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION

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

Friday, November 2, 2018

OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/4/10/4-factors-that-can-make-affordable-housing-not-so-affordable

BARRIERS TO REDUCING HEROIN OVERDOSES

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/how-france-reduced-heroin-overdoses-by-79-in-four-years/558023/

LEARNING CURVES AND CAREERS

https://hbr.org/2018/04/how-to-lose-your-best-employees

Thursday, November 1, 2018

CONNECTICUT PROPERTY TAX DEATH SPIRAL

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/connecticut-cities-face-a-property-tax-death-spiral/558101/

THE UPSIDE OF ENVY

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/opinion/upside-envy.html

A GUIDE TO SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENTS

https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/a-guide-to-small-area-fair-market-rents-safmrs

THE PAIN OF OSTRACISM

https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/book-excerpt-selfie-by-will-storr.html

CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEES

https://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2018/03/rosis-choice

DEPOPULATION IN RURAL KANSAS

https://newfoodeconomy.org/rural-kansas-depopulation-commodity-agriculture/