Sunday, October 31, 2010

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False by John P. A. Ioannidis

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False by John P. A. Ioannidis

Forgiveness by C.S. Lewis

Forgiveness by C.S. Lewis

Why Don’t Republicans Believe in Climate Change? by Ross Douthat

Why Don’t Republicans Believe in Climate Change? by Ross Douthat

Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi

Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi

Can Eliminating a Can of Soda a Day Keep You From Getting Fat? by Megan McArdle

Can Eliminating a Can of Soda a Day Keep You From Getting Fat? by Megan McArdle

Why We Should Eliminate the Corporate Income Tax by Megan McArdle

Why We Should Eliminate the Corporate Income Tax by Megan McArdle

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Case Against the Fiscal Stimulus by Jeffrey Miron

The Case Against the Fiscal Stimulus by Jeffrey Miron

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science by David H. Freedman

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science by David H. Freedman

Management Tools by Darrell Rigby

Management Tools by Darrell Rigby

The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index from the Legatum Institute

The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index from the Legatum Institute

Prosperity Is More Than Just Money: Democracy, freedom, and entrepreneurial opportunity are at least as important by Peter Mandelson

Prosperity Is More Than Just Money: Democracy, freedom, and entrepreneurial opportunity are at least as important by Peter Mandelson

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Valley of Taboos: V.S. Naipaul dares to discuss Africa's indigenous beliefs by Johann Hari

The Valley of Taboos: V.S. Naipaul dares to discuss Africa's indigenous beliefs by Johann Hari

The Death of the Fittest: Why are the healthiest and wealthiest populations failing to reproduce? by Phillip Longman

The Death of the Fittest: Why are the healthiest and wealthiest populations failing to reproduce? by Phillip Longman

How Does the Public Move From Disagreement to Consensus? by Dan Kahan

How Does the Public Move From Disagreement to Consensus? by Dan Kahan

The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School

The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School

In Praise of Irrational Exuberance: Does a flourishing economy depend on delusion? by Virginia Postrel

In Praise of Irrational Exuberance: Does a flourishing economy depend on delusion? by Virginia Postrel

The Competitive Advantage of Truth: Why Isn't It the Sole Purpose of Engagement? by Jonathan Salem Baskin

The Competitive Advantage of Truth: Why Isn't It the Sole Purpose of Engagement? by Jonathan Salem Baskin

Knowledge Solutions: Tools, methods, approaches to drive development forward and enhance its effects from the Asian Development Bank

Knowledge Solutions: Tools, methods, approaches to drive development forward and enhance its effects from the Asian Development Bank

Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi

Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Serving Two Masters: Shariah Law and the Secular State by Stanley Fish

Serving Two Masters: Shariah Law and the Secular State by Stanley Fish

The Psychology of the Taboo Trade-Off by Adam Waytz

The Psychology of the Taboo Trade-Off by Adam Waytz

The Tea Started Brewing Under Bush by Timothy Dalrymple

The Tea Started Brewing Under Bush by Timothy Dalrymple

Address On University Education by Thomas Henry Huxley

Address On University Education by Thomas Henry Huxley

More Democracy, More Incarceration: The devastating mix of politics and crime policy by Radley Balko

More Democracy, More Incarceration: The devastating mix of politics and crime policy by Radley Balko

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Gentrification and its Discontents by Megan McArdle

Gentrification and its Discontents by Megan McArdle

Life During Growth by William Easterly

Life During Growth by William Easterly

The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development by William Easterly

The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development by William Easterly

Tropics, Germs, and Crops:How Endowments Influence Economic Development by William Easterly and Ross Levine

Tropics, Germs, and Crops:How Endowments Influence Economic Development by William Easterly and Ross Levine

Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth by William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock

Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth by William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock

Reliving the 50s: the Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development by William Easterly

Reliving the 50s: the Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development by William Easterly

Can the West Save Africa? by William Easterly

Can the West Save Africa? by William Easterly

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 bc? by Diego Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 bc? by Diego Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong

How Handwriting Trains the Brain by Gwendolyn Bounds

How Handwriting Trains the Brain by Gwendolyn Bounds

For richer, for poorer by Paul Romer

For richer, for poorer by Paul Romer

The Global Poverty Paradox by Nicholas N. Eberstadt

The Global Poverty Paradox by Nicholas N. Eberstadt

The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right by Charles Murray

The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right by Charles Murray

Triumph of the Default by Kevin Kelly

Triumph of the Default by Kevin Kelly

Chosen, Inevitable, and Contingent by Kevin Kelly

Chosen, Inevitable, and Contingent by Kevin Kelly

Two Kinds of Generativity by Kevin Kelly

Two Kinds of Generativity by Kevin Kelly

Book Expo America Luncheon Talk by William Gibson

Book Expo America Luncheon Talk by William Gibson

Progression of the Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Progression of the Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Was Moore's Law Inevitable? by Kevin Kelly

Was Moore's Law Inevitable? by Kevin Kelly

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

What Middle Class? Candidates Pander to an Illusion by Sarah Stodola

What Middle Class? Candidates Pander to an Illusion by Sarah Stodola

Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey by Sandra Stotsky with Joan Traffas and James Woodworth

Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey by Sandra Stotsky with Joan Traffas and James Woodworth

Education Nation Scorecard for Schools website

Education Nation Scorecard for Schools website

Crisis of the Humanities II by Stanley Fish

Crisis of the Humanities II by Stanley Fish

Morals Without God? by Frans de Waal

Morals Without God? by Frans de Waal

It Can Happen Here Government really can be cut: case studies from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States by Arnold Kling, David Henderson & Mauri

It Can Happen Here Government really can be cut: case studies from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States by Arnold Kling, David Henderson & Maurice McTigue

Islam, Middle East and Fascism by Ibn Warraq

Islam, Middle East and Fascism by Ibn Warraq

Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism,al Qaeda, and US Policies by Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay, Stephen Weber, Evan Lewis, and Ebrahim Mohseni

Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism,al Qaeda, and US Policies by Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay, Stephen Weber, Evan Lewis, and Ebrahim Mohseni

Monday, October 18, 2010

Basing Pay-for-Performance on Outcomes by Uwe E. Reinhardt

Basing Pay-for-Performance on Outcomes by Uwe E. Reinhardt

Americans' Wellbeing Drops to 2010 Low by Dan Witters

Americans' Wellbeing Drops to 2010 Low by Dan Witters

Japan Goes From Dynamic to Disheartened by Martin Fackler

Japan Goes From Dynamic to Disheartened by Martin Fackler

Virus Deadly in Livestock Is No More, U.N. Declares by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Virus Deadly in Livestock Is No More, U.N. Declares by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Do Returns to Schooling Differ by Race and Ethnicity? by Lisa Barrow

Do Returns to Schooling Differ by Race and Ethnicity? by Lisa Barrow

Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment by Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey R. Kling, Greg J. Duncan, and J

Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment by Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey R. Kling, Greg J. Duncan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Fragile Families from The Future of Children

Fragile Families from The Future of Children

‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback by Patricia Cohen

‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback by Patricia Cohen

Sunday, October 17, 2010

How Middle Eastern Milk Drinkers Conquered Europe by Matthias Schulz

How Middle Eastern Milk Drinkers Conquered Europe by Matthias Schulz

Benjamin Franklin on American Happiness by Jerry Weinberger

Benjamin Franklin on American Happiness by Jerry Weinberger

Dickens in Lagos by George Packer

Dickens in Lagos by George Packer

Educational theorists have destroyed the school by Inger Enkvist

Educational theorists have destroyed the school by Inger Enkvist

The Yellow Virtues By Frank Dikötter

The Yellow Virtues By Frank Dikötter

Deed and word by Peter Luthersson

Deed and word by Peter Luthersson

Scrutinizing the Elite, Whether They Like It or Not by Paul Sullivan

Scrutinizing the Elite, Whether They Like It or Not by Paul Sullivan

Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore by Robert H. Frank

Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore by Robert H. Frank

The Many Faces of You by Claire Cain Miller

The Many Faces of You by Claire Cain Miller

Who Needs Cash (or Borders)? by Vikas Bajaj and Andrew Martin

Who Needs Cash (or Borders)? by Vikas Bajaj and Andrew Martin

Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in Donations from the Associated Press

Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in Donations from the Associated Press

2010-2011 College Salary Report from PayScale

2010-2011 College Salary Report from PayScale

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Race, Income and College in 25 Years:The Continuing Legacy of Segregation and Discrimination by Alan Krueger, Jesse Rothstein, and Sarah Turner

Race, Income and College in 25 Years:The Continuing Legacy of Segregation and Discrimination by Alan Krueger, Jesse Rothstein, and Sarah Turner

Estimating the Payoff to Attending More a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables by Alan Krueger and Sta

Estimating the Payoff to Attending More a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables by Alan Krueger and Stacy Berg Dale

National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life by Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur A. Stone

National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life by Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur A. Stone

Why Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant from The New York Times Economix

Why Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant from The New York Times Economix

Average U.S. After-Tax Household Income by Quintile (2005 Dollars)from the Congressional Budget Office

Average U.S. After-Tax Household Income by Quintile (2005 Dollars) from the Congressional Budget Office

The Poetry of Economic Liberty by Timothy Sandefur

The Poetry of Economic Liberty by Timothy Sandefur

Media Matters Tries but Fails to Refute the School Choice Evidence by Lindsey Burke

Media Matters Tries but Fails to Refute the School Choice Evidence by Lindsey Burke

When student loans become golden handcuffs by Paul Winfree

When student loans become golden handcuffs by Paul Winfree

Does the Estate Tax Lower Output? by Megan McArdle

Does the Estate Tax Lower Output? by Megan McArdle

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

France Wrestles With Its 2 Tiers of Higher Education by D.D. Guttenplan

France Wrestles With Its 2 Tiers of Higher Education by D.D. Guttenplan

The Harlem Children’s Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education by Grover J. Whitehurst and Michelle Croft

The Harlem Children’s Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education by Grover J. Whitehurst and Michelle Croft

The Boycott We Need by Walter Russell Mead

The Boycott We Need by Walter Russell Mead

The Wrong Way To Think About Inequality by Josh Barro

The Wrong Way To Think About Inequality by Josh Barro

Extreme Book-Collecting by Allison Hoover Bartlett

Extreme Book-Collecting by Allison Hoover Bartlett

Who Needs Harvard? by Gregg Easterbrook

Who Needs Harvard? by Gregg Easterbrook

Monday, October 11, 2010

On New York School Tests, Warning Signs Ignored by Jennifer Medina

On New York School Tests, Warning Signs Ignored by Jennifer Medina

In Defense of Naïve Reading by Robert Pippin

In Defense of Naïve Reading by Robert Pippin

A thirst for excitement is hidden in your genes from e! Science News

A thirst for excitement is hidden in your genes from e! Science News

. . . and for keeping the King of England out of your face by Jenny S.

. . . and for keeping the King of England out of your face by Jenny S.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, Outline and Study Guide

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, Outline and Study Guide
prepared by Professor Frank Pajares

The Fifty Twentieth-century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976 - 1983 by Eugene Garfield

The Fifty Twentieth-century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976 - 1983 by Eugene Garfield

Award winner from dispatches from Tjicistan

Award winner from dispatches from Tjicistan

The Dream Job, Out of Reach from the New York Times

The Dream Job, Out of Reach from the New York Times

The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications by Jonathan Gruber and Emmanuel Saez

The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications by Jonathan Gruber and Emmanuel Saez

Friday, October 8, 2010

Happy Couples Are On the Same Page - Literally from LiveScience

Happy Couples Are On the Same Page - Literally from LiveScience

Of Stink Bugs and Men from Doctor Science

Of Stink Bugs and Men from Doctor Science

Buying books is fun, with a glass in your handAuthor by Elif Batuman

Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand by Elif Batuman

What is this thing Hayek called "the rule of law"? from The Economist

What is this thing Hayek called "the rule of law"? from The Economist

The Selective Innovation Trap by Greg Satell

The Selective Innovation Trap by Greg Satell

Social Insurance & Human Services: Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families from the U.S. Census Bureau

Social Insurance & Human Services: Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families from the U.S. Census Bureau

America's Perpetual Decline by Megan McArdle

America's Perpetual Decline by Megan McArdle

Political Columnists Think America Is In Decline. Big Surprise by David A. Bell

Political Columnists Think America Is In Decline. Big Surprise by David A. Bell

Why Does America Always Seem to Be in Decline? by Heather Horn

Why Does America Always Seem to Be in Decline? by Heather Horn

The U.S. - Decline or Renewal? by Samuel P. Huntington

The U.S. - Decline or Renewal? by Samuel P. Huntington

The Federalist No. 62 by James Madison

The Federalist No. 62 by James Madison

If You Want To Understand What Makes This Recession Continue by Clayton Cramer

If You Want To Understand What Makes This Recession Continue by Clayton Cramer

Toxic Persons: New research shows precisely how the prison-to-poverty cycle does its damage by Sasha Abramsky

Toxic Persons: New research shows precisely how the prison-to-poverty cycle does its damage by Sasha Abramsky

Tavel Writing is Dead by Graeme Wood

Tavel Writing is Dead by Graeme Wood

The Japan Syndrome by Ethan Devine

The Japan Syndrome by Ethan Devine

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Sunday Night Innovation: Why Scientists Should Be the Real Role Models by Jennifer Bogo

Sunday Night Innovation: Why Scientists Should Be the Real Role Models by Jennifer Bogo

To Elect or to Appoint? Bias, Information, and Responsiveness of Bureaucrats and Politicians by Matias Iaryczower, Garrett Lewis, and Matthew Shum

To Elect or to Appoint? Bias, Information, and Responsiveness of Bureaucrats and Politicians by Matias Iaryczower, Garrett Lewis, and Matthew Shum

Children of Homosexuals More Apt to Be Homosexuals? A Reply to Morrison and to Cameron Based on an Examination of Multiple Sources of Data by Walter S

Children of Homosexuals More Apt to Be Homosexuals? A Reply to Morrison and to Cameron Based on an Examination of Multiple Sources of Data by Walter Schumm

America's parent trap by Robert J. Samuelson

America's parent trap by Robert J. Samuelson

The Widest Achievement Gap by David L. Kirp

The Widest Achievement Gap by David L. Kirp

Does School Choice "Work"? by Frederick M. Hess

Does School Choice "Work"? by Frederick M. Hess

Corporate social responsibility as corporate welfare

Corporate social responsibility as corporate welfare by Timothy P. Carney

Friday, October 1, 2010

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell

Hand the Taxpayer a Receipt by Megan McArdle

Hand the Taxpayer a Receipt by Megan McArdle

'Freedom' and the Future of Literary Fiction by Lorin Stein

'Freedom' and the Future of Literary Fiction by Lorin Stein

Behind the Franzenfreude by Michelle Dean

Behind the Franzenfreude by Michelle Dean

The Plot Escapes Me by James Collins

The Plot Escapes Me by James Collins

You're Reading That Book Too? Marry Me by Hannah Seligson

You're Reading That Book Too? Marry Me by Hannah Seligson

A Literary Map of Manhattan by Randy Cohen and Nigel Holmes

A Literary Map of Manhattan by Randy Cohen and Nigel Holmes

Personalized Reading Recommendation Services from The Reader's Advisor Online

Personalized Reading Recommendation Services from The Reader's Advisor Online