Culture and Economic Development by Lawrence E. Harrison

Culture and Economic Development by Lawrence E. Harrison

Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital, and the End of Multiculturalism by Lawrence E. Harrison

Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital, and the End of Multiculturalism by Lawrence E. Harrison

Principles of Sociology/Moral Maps, First World Conceits, and the New Evangelists by Richard Shweder

Principles of Sociology/Moral Maps, First World Conceits, and the New Evangelists by Richard Shweder

Typology of Progress-Prone and Progress-Resistant Cultures by Mariano Grondona, et al

Typology of Progress-Prone and Progress-Resistant Cultures by Mariano Grondona, et al

Dead Green Treaty Stinks Up The Room by Walter Russell Mead

Dead Green Treaty Stinks Up The Room by Walter Russell Mead

You Can Stop Paying for Al Gore's Mistake by Debra Saunders

You Can Stop Paying for Al Gore's Mistake by Debra Saunders

Things Fall Apart by Walter Russell Mead

Things Fall Apart by Walter Russell Mead

Equality of Capacity by Amartya Sen

Equality of Capacity by Amartya Sen

More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing by Amartya Sen

More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing by Amartya Sen

Arrow's impossibility theorem from Wikipedia

A’s for Good Behavior by Peg Tyre

A’s for Good Behavior by Peg Tyre

We Give Books Poll on Reading and Giving from the Pearsons Foundation

We Give Books Poll on Reading and Giving from the Pearsons Foundation

The Influence of Nonfiction on Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors by Mary Beth Culp and Jamee Osborn Sosa

The Influence of Nonfiction on Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors by Mary Beth Culp and Jamee Osborn Sosa

The Influence of Reading on Concepts, Attitudes, and Behaviors by Fehl L. Shirley

The Influence of Reading on Concepts, Attitudes, and Behaviors by Fehl L. Shirley

The Influence of Reading Purpose on Inference Generation and Comprehension in Reading by Darcia Narvaez and Paul van den Broek

The Influence of Reading Purpose on Inference Generation and Comprehension in Reading by Darcia Narvaez and Paul van den Broek

The influence of reading from The Economist

The influence of reading from The Economist

Thinking About Second & Third Order Effects: A Sample (And Simple) Methodology by Michael G. Miller

Thinking About Second & Third Order Effects: A Sample (And Simple) Methodology by Michael G. Miller

Some Conjectures about the Impact of Printing on Western Society and Thought by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

Some Conjectures about the Impact of Printing on Western Society and Thought by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action by Robert K. Merton

The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action by Robert K. Merton

Inexcusable Unintended Consequences by Gary Galles

Inexcusable Unintended Consequences by Gary Galles

What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen by Frederic Bastiat

What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen by Frederic Bastiat

Federal Income Tax Rates and Total Revenues by Randall Hoven

Federal Income Tax Rates and Total Revenues by Randall Hoven

The Tax and Revenue Equation by W. Kurt Hauser

The Tax and Revenue Equation by W. Kurt Hauser

There's No Escaping Hauser's Law by W. Kurt Hauser

There's No Escaping Hauser's Law by W. Kurt Hauser

Entrepreneurial Behavior: New Perspectives gained through the Critical Incident Technique by Sharda Nandram and Karel Samsom

Entrepreneurial Behavior: New Perspectives gained through the Critical Incident Technique by Sharda Nandram and Karel Samsom

Biology and Society--1820, 1998, and Beyond by Christopher DeMuth

Biology and Society--1820, 1998, and Beyond by Christopher DeMuth

Unintended Consequences and Intended Non-Consequences by Christopher DeMuth

Unintended Consequences and Intended Non-Consequences by Christopher DeMuth

Students are supposed to read books, not burn them by Brendan O’Neill

Students are supposed to read books, not burn them by Brendan O’Neill

Storytelling 2.0: When new narratives meet old brains by John Bickle and Sean Keating

Storytelling 2.0: When new narratives meet old brains by John Bickle and Sean Keating

Story Resolution

Story Resolution

Good motives can produce bad results by Jay Ambrose

Good motives can produce bad results by Jay Ambrose

The Pikes Peak Economics Club

The Pikes Peak Economics Club

When “I Can” Becomes “You Must” by Jimmie Bise, Jr.

When “I Can” Becomes “You Must” by Jimmie Bise, Jr.

Our puritanical progressives by George F. Will

Our puritanical progressives by George F. Will

Okay, Fine, The Economy Is Getting Better -- But Not Much by John Mauldin

Okay, Fine, The Economy Is Getting Better -- But Not Much by John Mauldin

The Best of All Worlds: Globalizing the Knowledge Economy by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The Best of All Worlds: Globalizing the Knowledge Economy by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Racing to the Top: How Global Competition Disciplines Public Policy by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Racing to the Top: How Global Competition Disciplines Public Policy by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

What D'ya Know?: Lifetime Learning in Pursuit of the American Dream by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

What D'ya Know?: Lifetime Learning in Pursuit of the American Dream by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Time Well Spent The Declining Real Cost of Living in America by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Time Well Spent The Declining Real Cost of Living in America by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Some Unpleasant Growth Arithmetic? by W. Michael Cox

Some Unpleasant Growth Arithmetic? by W. Michael Cox

By Our Own Bootstraps by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

By Our Own Bootstraps by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The Service Sector: Give it Some Respect by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The Service Sector: Give it Some Respect by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frederic Bastiat

Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frederic Bastiat

Essays on Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat

Essays on Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat

The Churn: The Paradox of Progress by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The Churn: The Paradox of Progress by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

You Are What You Spend by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

You Are What You Spend by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

How Are We Doing? by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

How Are We Doing? by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

Southern 'Poverty' Law Center's Cayman Island's Bank Account from the Petrelis Files

Southern 'Poverty' Law Center's Cayman Island's Bank Account from the Petrelis Files

Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution from Associated Press

Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution from Associated Press

Long life spam from The Economist

Long life spam from The Economist

Rare Earth Ruckus: Are we at the mercy of China's mercantilist mandarins? by Ronald Bailey

Rare Earth Ruckus: Are we at the mercy of China's mercantilist mandarins? by Ronald Bailey

Thanksgiving in 1810, 1910, and 2010 from Jim Dedman

Thanksgiving in 1810, 1910, and 2010 from Jim Dedman

Upper-Class People Have Trouble Recognizing Others' Emotions from ScienceDaily

Upper-Class People Have Trouble Recognizing Others' Emotions from ScienceDaily

Mencken: America's Critic by Jennie Rothenberg

Mencken: America's Critic by Jennie Rothenberg

Newspaper Morals by H.L. Mencken

Newspaper Morals by H.L. Mencken

The Decline of Grammar by Geoffrey Nunberg

The Decline of Grammar by Geoffrey Nunberg

Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun, Rhetoric - What it is; Why Needed

Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun, Rhetoric - What it is; Why Needed pgs 1-8

Peace, Love and Puritanism by David H. Hall

Peace, Love and Puritanism by David H. Hall

Government By Waiver: The Breakdown Of Public Administration by Richard Epstein

Government By Waiver: The Breakdown Of Public Administration by Richard Epstein

Modern Parenting: If we try to engineer perfect children, will they grow up to be unbearable? by Katie Roiphe

Modern Parenting: If we try to engineer perfect children, will they grow up to be unbearable? by Katie Roiphe

Why the U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail by Megan McArdle

Why the U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail by Megan McArdle

High-speed railroading from The Economist

High-speed railroading from The Economist

It's All Going According to Plan by Megan McArdle

It's All Going According to Plan by Megan McArdle

French Professors Find Life in U.S. Hard to Resist by Maia de la Baume

French Professors Find Life in U.S. Hard to Resist by Maia de la Baume

A Sucker's Play -- Each $1 in Higher Taxes Results in $1.17 of New Spending from TaxProf

A Sucker's Play -- Each $1 in Higher Taxes Results in $1.17 of New Spending from TaxProf

Doing battle with the ADHD-industrial complex by Katherine Ellison

Doing battle with the ADHD-industrial complex by Katherine Ellison

A Chemist Explains Why Gold Beat Out Lithium, Osmium, Einsteinium ... by Jacob Goldstein and David Kestenbaum

A Chemist Explains Why Gold Beat Out Lithium, Osmium, Einsteinium ... by Jacob Goldstein and David Kestenbaum

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction by Matt Richtel

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction by Matt Richtel

Think Again: Global Aging by Phillip Longman

Think Again: Global Aging by Phillip Longman

Down on the Farm in China by Megan McArdle

Down on the Farm in China by Megan McArdle

The Central Importance of Statistics by Megan McArdle

The Central Importance of Statistics by Megan McArdle

A Commonplace Book by Alan Jacobs

A Commonplace Book by Alan Jacobs

Child Trends Databank

Child Trends Databank

Atlanta’s Public-Housing Revolution by Howard Husock

Atlanta’s Public-Housing Revolution by Howard Husock

Unintended pregnancies aren't 'accidents' by Valerie Ulene

Unintended pregnancies aren't 'accidents' by Valerie Ulene

Human brain has more switches than all computers on Earth by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Human brain has more switches than all computers on Earth by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Peak or no peak? by Steve LeVine

Peak or no peak? by Steve LeVine

Why Dutch women don't work longer hours from The Economist

Why Dutch women don't work longer hours from The Economist

Are you a wimpy parent? Check for these 7 signs by Gregory Ramey, Ph.D.

Are you a wimpy parent? Check for these 7 signs by Gregory Ramey, Ph.D.

An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women from Consad Research

An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women from Consad Research

Demography and Cultural Evolution by Joseph Henrich

Demography and Cultural Evolution by Joseph Henrich

The Evolution of Cultural Evolution by Joseph Henrich and Richard McElreath

The Evolution of Cultural Evolution by Joseph Henrich and Richard McElreath

Cultural Transmission and Diffusion of Innovations by Joseph Henrich

Cultural Transmission and Diffusion of Innovations by Joseph Henrich

Markets, Religion, Community Size,and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment by Joseph Henrich,et al

Markets, Religion, Community Size,and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment by Joseph Henrich,et al

The weirdest people in the world? by Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine, and Ara Norenzayan

The weirdest people in the world? by Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine, and Ara Norenzayan

How weird are you? Oddball minds of the western world by Laura Spinney

How weird are you? Oddball minds of the western world by Laura Spinney

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

William James, part 5: Saintliness by Mark Vernon

William James, part 5: Saintliness by Mark Vernon

Why the BBC cannot be trusted on 'Climate Change': the full story by James Delingpole

Why the BBC cannot be trusted on 'Climate Change': the full story by James Delingpole

This Raging Fire by Robert Herbert

This Raging Fire by Robert Herbert

This Is Your Brain on Metaphors by Robert Sapolsky

This Is Your Brain on Metaphors by Robert Sapolsky

Assuming that everyone is like me by Brian Micklethwait

Assuming that everyone is like me by Brian Micklethwait

Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly by John Kay

Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly by John Kay

Learning From Japan's Mistakes by Robert Samuelson

Learning From Japan's Mistakes by Robert Samuelson

Commitment to Development Index 2010 from Center for Global Development

Commitment to Development Index 2010 from Center for Global Development

Why Isn't Mexico Rich? by Gordon H. Hanson

Why Isn't Mexico Rich? by Gordon H. Hanson

The Myth that High Unemployment Means a High Crime Rate by Clayton Cramer

The Myth that High Unemployment Means a High Crime Rate by Clayton E. Cramer

Ideas Having Sex by Matt Ridley

Ideas Having Sex by Matt Ridley

The Most Useful Man Who Ever Lived by William Rosen

The Most Useful Man Who Ever Lived by William Rosen

Niall Ferguson's Complete And Definitive Guide To The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis by Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson's Complete And Definitive Guide To The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis by Niall Ferguson

This Discredited IPCC Process Must Be Purged by Matt Ridley

This Discredited IPCC Process Must Be Purged by Matt Ridley

The Case for Freedom by F. A. Hayek

The Case for Freedom by F. A. Hayek

Saving Hayek from the People Who Think They’re Saving Hayek by Jason Kuznicki

Saving Hayek from the People Who Think They’re Saving Hayek by Jason Kuznicki

The Next Wave of Urban Reform by Steven Malanga

The Next Wave of Urban Reform by Steven Malanga

The Press Under a Free Government by Calvin Coolidge

The Press Under a Free Government by Calvin Coolidge

“God Help You. You're on Dialysis.” by Robin Fields/ProPublica

“God Help You. You're on Dialysis.” by Robin Fields/ProPublica

Sick Americans Live as Long as Healthier Brits? by Megan McArdle

Sick Americans Live as Long as Healthier Brits? by Megan McArdle

New Study Links a Couple's Higher Numeracy Skills with Greater Family Wealth by James P. Smith, John McArdle, and Robert Willis

New Study Links a Couple's Higher Numeracy Skills with Greater Family Wealth by James P. Smith, John McArdle, and Robert Willis

Why Language is All Thumbs by Chip Walter

Why Language is All Thumbs by Chip Walter

On Genes, Memes, Bemes, and Conscious Things by Martine Rothblatt

On Genes, Memes, Bemes, and Conscious Things by Martine Rothblatt

Forecasting the Growth of Complexity and Change by Theodore Modis

Forecasting the Growth of Complexity and Change by Theodore Modis

The Limits of Complexity and Change by Theodore Modis

The Limits of Complexity and Change by Theodore Modis

Timing the Singularity from The Futurist

Timing the Singularity from The Futurist

Call for Change from Council of the Great City Schools

Call for Change from Council of the Great City Schools

Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected by Trip Gabriel

Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected by Trip Gabriel

Fighting Bullying With Babies by David Bornstein

Fighting Bullying With Babies by David Bornstein

Concept: Power Law

Concept: Power Law

Black Swans: What if Gaussian engineering is clear, simple, and wrong? by Robert W. Lucky

Black Swans: What if Gaussian engineering is clear, simple, and wrong? by Robert W. Lucky

Mystery Missile Wasn't a Missile at All by James Oberg

Mystery Missile Wasn't a Missile at All by James Oberg

Jet contrails from some angles look like missile trails from Contrail Science

Jet contrails from some angles look like missile trails from Contrail Science

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds by Madison Park

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds by Madison Park

America's Edge: Power in the Networked Century by Anne-Marie Slaughter

America's Edge: Power in the Networked Century by Anne-Marie Slaughter

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:Movements in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1996-1999 from the US Census Bureau

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:Movements in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1996-1999 from the US Census Bureau

Dynamism of U.S. Economy is Reflected in Income Mobility from the Joint Economic Committee

Dynamism of U.S. Economy is Reflected in Income Mobility from the Joint Economic Committee

Income Mobility in the U.S. from 1996 to 2005 from the Department of the Treasury

Income Mobility in the U.S. from 1996 to 2005 from the Department of the Treasury

Language appears to shape our implicit preferences from e! Science News

Language appears to shape our implicit preferences from e! Science News

Stone Age humans needed more brain power to make big leap in tool design from e! Science News

Stone Age humans needed more brain power to make big leap in tool design from e! Science News

Kindness of a Stranger That Still Resonates by Christopher Maag

Kindness of a Stranger That Still Resonates by Christopher Maag

Cognitive Evolution Laboratory

Cognitive Evolution Laboratory

Concept: Loss Aversion

Concept: Loss Aversion

Lord Kelvin Quotations

Lord Kelvin Quotations

All Our Futures:Creativity, Culture and Education by Sir Ken Robinson et al

All Our Futures:Creativity, Culture and Education by Sir Ken Robinson et al

Website: Sir Ken Robinson

Website: Sir Ken Robinson

Changing the Education Paradigm by Sir Ken Robinson

Changing the Education Paradigm by Sir Ken Robinson

Follow the Truthiness by Ed Driscoll

Follow the Truthiness by Ed Driscoll

Required Reading Worldwide by Beth Carswell

Required Reading Worldwide by Beth Carswell

Laziness from Seth Godin

Laziness from Seth Godin

Democracy and Political Knowledge in Ancient Athens by Ilya Somin

Democracy and Political Knowledge in Ancient Athens by Ilya Somin

The Political Economy of the Roman Republic by Ilya Somin

The Political Economy of the Roman Republic by Ilya Somin

The Rise of the 'Edupunk' by Jack Stripling

The Rise of the 'Edupunk' by Jack Stripling

Learning in Dorm, Because Class Is on the Web by Trip Gabriel

Learning in Dorm, Because Class Is on the Web by Trip Gabriel

Deliberately uninformed, relentlessly so [a rant] from Seth Godin

Deliberately uninformed, relentlessly so [a rant] from Seth Godin

I spread your idea because... from Seth Godin

I spread your idea because... from Seth Godin

Niven's Laws, 2002 by Larry Niven

Niven's Laws, 2002 by Larry Niven

Concept: Law of the infinite cornucopia

Concept: Law of the infinite cornucopia

The Mystery of Economic Growth by Akash Kapur

The Mystery of Economic Growth by Akash Kapur

The myth of Ethiopia’s “natural” disasters by Laura Freschi

The myth of Ethiopia’s “natural” disasters by Laura Freschi

WARNING: Physics Envy May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth! by Andrew W. Lo† and Mark T. Mueller

WARNING: Physics Envy May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth! by Andrew W. Lo† and Mark T. Mueller

The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers by David Leanhardt

The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers by David Leanhardt

How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Eivdence from Project STAR by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hilger, Emmanuel Sae

How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Eivdence from Project STAR by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Truth and Science and Facts vs. Unwashed Hillbillies by Randall Hoven

Truth and Science and Facts vs. Unwashed Hillbillies by Randall Hoven

Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier by Deborah Tannen

Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier by Deborah Tannen

Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds by Nicholas Wade

Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds by Nicholas Wade