What Separates Science from Non-Science? by Alex B. Berezow & Tom Hartsfield
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance? by Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson
Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance? by Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
When and Why Incentives (Don’t) Work to Modify Behavior by Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier and Pedro Rey-Biel
When and Why Incentives (Don’t) Work to Modify Behavior by Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier and Pedro Rey-Biel
Why did so many people make so many ex post bad decisions? the causes of the foreclosure crisis by Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher S. Gerardi and Paul S. Willen
Why did so many people make so many ex post bad decisions? the causes of the foreclosure crisis by Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher S. Gerardi and Paul S. Willen
Shale energy triggers bean rush in India
Shale energy triggers bean rush in India by Meenakshi Sharma and Selam Gebrekidan
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
China’s ‘Bad Emperor’ Problem by Francis Fukuyama
China’s ‘Bad Emperor’ Problem by Francis Fukuyama
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps by Sara McLanahan, Gary D. Sandefur
Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps by Sara McLanahan, Gary D. Sandefur
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Why We Lie by Dan Ariely
Why We Lie by Dan Ariely
Friday, May 25, 2012
Desperate Times, Unethical Measures by Walter Russell Mead
Desperate Times, Unethical Measures by Walter Russell Mead
To Get Growth, Shrink the State by Tim Knox and Ryan Bourne
To Get Growth, Shrink the State by Tim Knox and Ryan Bourne
Thursday, May 24, 2012
De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory and Evidence on Preference Heterogeneity and Redistribution by Benjamin Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory and Evidence on Preference Heterogeneity and Redistribution by Benjamin Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Does moral theory create extremism? from The Philosopher's Beard
Does moral theory create extremism? from The Philosopher's Beard
What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? book review by Jared Diamond
What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? book review by Jared Diamond
Winning Battles, Losing Wars by Victor Davis Hanson
Winning Battles, Losing Wars by Victor Davis Hanson
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? by Sara Primer and Karen W. Arenson
Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? by Sara Primer and Karen W. Arenson
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Page-Turner website
Page-Turner website
The Pleasures of Being Read To by John Colapinto
The Pleasures of Being Read To by John Colapinto
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
If the Interstate System Were Designed by a Slime Mold by Joseph Stromberg
If the Interstate System Were Designed by a Slime Mold by Joseph Stromberg
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Change in Name Popularity from Social Security
Change in Name Popularity from Social Security
Academic Claptrap and its Consequences by Walter Russell Mead
Academic Claptrap and its Consequences by Walter Russell Mead
Labels:
Academia,
Bias,
Comparisons,
Failure,
Prejudice,
Race,
Stereotypes
The Structural Revolution by David Brooks
The Structural Revolution by David Brooks
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth by Charles I. Jones et al
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth by Charles I. Jones et al
Bent Objects from OWNI.EU
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Do Barbers Really Need a License? by Dick Carpenter adn Lisa Knepper
Do Barbers Really Need a License? by Dick Carpenter adn Lisa Knepper
Thursday, May 10, 2012
What Kind of Literary Ecosystem Do We Want to Build? by Andrew Fox
What Kind of Literary Ecosystem Do We Want to Build? by Andrew Fox
Labels:
Books,
Changes,
Forecasting,
Publishing,
Reading,
Trends,
Writing
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
How Highbrows Killed Culture by Fred Siegel
How Highbrows Killed Culture by Fred Siegel
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Real science vs. fake science: How can you tell them apart? by Emily Wellingham
Real science vs. fake science: How can you tell them apart? by Emily Wellingham
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Great Relearning by Tom Wolfe
The Great Relearning by Tom Wolfe
Brain Pickings website
Labels:
Art,
Consilience,
Innovation,
Serendipity,
Website
Legacy Libraries from Library Thing
Legacy Libraries from Library Thing
The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan
The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Are Educators Showing a 'Positive Bias' to Minority Students? from Science Daily
Are Educators Showing a 'Positive Bias' to Minority Students? from Science Daily
Labels:
Academic Mismatch,
Bias,
Education,
Feedback,
Race
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Diversity Management in Corporate America by Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev, and Erin Kelly
Diversity Management in Corporate America by Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev, and Erin Kelly
Putting Children First: A Progressive Family Policy for the 1990s by Elaine Ciulla Kamarck and William A. Galston
Putting Children First: A Progressive Family Policy for the 1990s by Elaine Ciulla Kamarck and William A. Galston
Struggling to Find a Way to Teach Values; National Commission Debates What Children Should Be Taught and How They Learn It by E.J. Dionne
Struggling to Find a Way to Teach Values; National Commission Debates What Children Should Be Taught and How They Learn It by E.J. Dionne
Friday, May 4, 2012
What Is Mine, I Keep by Sarah A. Hoyt
What Is Mine, I Keep by Sarah A. Hoyt
The Age of the Essay by Paul Graham
The Age of the Essay by Paul Graham
Thursday, May 3, 2012
On Interpreting Stereotype Threat as Accounting for African American–White Differences on Cognitive Tests by Paul R. Sackett, Chaitra M. Hardison, and Michael J. Cullen
On Interpreting Stereotype Threat as Accounting for African American–White Differences on Cognitive Tests by Paul R. Sackett, Chaitra M. Hardison, and Michael J. Cullen
Thin Ice: Stereotype Threat and Black College Students by Claude M. Steele
Thin Ice: Stereotype Threat and Black College Students by Claude M. Steele
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Reading Room website
The Reading Room website
Coming to America, A review of Letters from America, by Alexis de Tocqueville, translated by Frederick Brown; and Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch. Review by Michael McDonald
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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