Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Well-Educated Flock to Some Cities, Leaving Others Behind by Sabrina Tavernise

Well-Educated Flock to Some Cities, Leaving Others Behind by Sabrina Tavernise

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

New Economist website

New Economist website

Gender and Well-Being around the World: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness by Carol Graham and Soumya Chattopadhyay

Gender and Well-Being around the World: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness by Carol Graham and Soumya Chattopadhyay

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

EconAcademics.org website

EconAcademics.org website

"The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe," by N. Voigtlander and H.-J. Voth

"The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe," by N. Voigtlander and H.-J. Voth

The Cone of Uncertainty of the 21st Century’s Economic Hurricane by Avinash Dixit

The Cone of Uncertainty of the 21st Century’s Economic Hurricane by Avinash Dixit

Shale energy triggers bean rush in India

Shale energy triggers bean rush in India by Meenakshi Sharma and Selam Gebrekidan

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Reynolds’ Law by Philo

Reynolds’ Law by Philo

Can ‘Bıg Data' Fix Book Marketing? by Calvin Reid

Can ‘Bıg Data' Fix Book Marketing? by Calvin Reid

Huge Ancient Civilization's Collapse Explained by Charles Choi

Huge Ancient Civilization's Collapse Explained by Charles Choi

'Meaningful Work' by Thomas Sowell

'Meaningful Work' by Thomas Sowell

US Freedom Threatened By Elite Crime, Greed by Walter Russell Mead

US Freedom Threatened By Elite Crime, Greed by Walter Russell Mead

China’s ‘Bad Emperor’ Problem by Francis Fukuyama

China’s ‘Bad Emperor’ Problem by Francis Fukuyama

Thank God For Atom The Bomb by Paul Fussell

Thank God For Atom The Bomb by Paul Fussell

Lessons from Europe’s Winners and Losers by David P. Goldman

Lessons from Europe’s Winners and Losers by David P. Goldman

Monday, May 28, 2012

Empty WWII grave holds a story — that now has an ending by John Kass

Empty WWII grave holds a story — that now has an ending by John Kass

‘What Is’ Meets ‘What if’: The Role of Speculation in Science by James Gorman

‘What Is’ Meets ‘What if’: The Role of Speculation in Science by James Gorman

Daniel Kahneman on the Trap of ‘Thinking That We Know’ by Andrew C. Revkin

Daniel Kahneman on the Trap of ‘Thinking That We Know’ by Andrew C. Revkin

Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over by Erica Goode

Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over by Erica Goode

As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt by Lily Burana

As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt by Lily Burana

Thursday, May 24, 2012

A Richer Life by Seeing the Glass Half Full by Jane E. Brody

A Richer Life by Seeing the Glass Half Full by Jane E. Brody

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

Kahneman, Greed and Success by Bryan Caplan

Kahneman, Greed and Success by Bryan Caplan

The New Economics of Happiness by Derek Thompson

The New Economics of Happiness by Derek Thompson

Is Economic Growth Bad for Female Workers? Sometimes by Derek Thompson

Is Economic Growth Bad for Female Workers? Sometimes by Derek Thompson

Why School Integration Is So Hard by Laura McKenna

Why School Integration Is So Hard by Laura McKenna

In Defense Of Criticism (And Skepticism) by Massimo Pigliucci

In Defense Of Criticism (And Skepticism) by Massimo Pigliucci

The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Gifford Lectures on Natural Theology

The Gifford Lectures on Natural Theology

Baloney Detection: How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience by Michael Shermer

Baloney Detection: How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience by Michael Shermer

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse from Heritage Daily

Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse from Heritage Daily

The Technocratic Mind by Peter Suderman

The Technocratic Mind by Peter Suderman

Georgia Politics Unfiltered website

Georgia Politics Unfiltered website

Sophomoric? Members Of Congress Talk Like 10th-Graders, Analysis Shows by Tamara Keith

Sophomoric? Members Of Congress Talk Like 10th-Graders, Analysis Shows by Tamara Keith

Literature Collection website

Literature Collection website

Privileged cluelessness on the internet and in the classroom: How context destroys empathy by Rick Hills

Privileged cluelessness on the internet and in the classroom: How context destroys empathy by Rick Hills

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Children's Books by and about People of Color Published in the United States from CCBC

Children's Books by and about People of Color Published in the United States from CCBC

Untrue: 1 out of Every 10 Wall Street Employees is a Psychopath by John M. Grohol

Untrue: 1 out of Every 10 Wall Street Employees is a Psychopath by John M. Grohol

In Telecom, A Growing Worry That We'll Become More Like Europe by James K. Glassman

In Telecom, A Growing Worry That We'll Become More Like Europe by James K. Glassman

Paul Ehrlich: Still Wrong by Thomas L. McDonald

Paul Ehrlich: Still Wrong by Thomas L. McDonald

96% Of Restaurant Entrees More Delicious Than USDA Recommends by Hank Campbell

96% Of Restaurant Entrees More Delicious Than USDA Recommends by Hank Campbell

How Change Happens by David Brooks

How Change Happens by David Brooks

Monday, May 21, 2012

Later On website

Later On website

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

Making Schools Work by David L. Kirp

Making Schools Work by David L. Kirp

Power Postures Can Make You Feel More Powerful by Danielle Venton

Power Postures Can Make You Feel More Powerful by Danielle Venton

France: Odd attitude toward autism and autistic children from Later On website

France: Odd attitude toward autism and autistic children from Later On website

Everybody’s an Expert, or, 1,972 Amazon Reviewers Can’t Be Wrong by Dan O'Connor

Everybody’s an Expert, or, 1,972 Amazon Reviewers Can’t Be Wrong by Dan O'Connor

Why Aren't Cities Littered With Dead Pigeons? by John Metcalfe

Why Aren't Cities Littered With Dead Pigeons? by John Metcalfe

Winning Battles, Losing Wars by Victor Davis Hanson

Winning Battles, Losing Wars by Victor Davis Hanson
How Reliable Are the Social Sciences? by Gary Gutting

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

Abigail Thernstrom: The Good News About Race in America The 1965 Voting Rights Act has been a huge success by Jason L. Riley

Abigail Thernstrom: The Good News About Race in America The 1965 Voting Rights Act has been a huge success by Jason L. Riley

What is Causality by Jim Manzi

What is Causality? by Jim Manzi

What Really Happened to Income Inequality in the 20th Century? by Scott Winship

What Really Happened to Income Inequality in the 20th Century? by Scott Winship

The 1% Conundrum: How Much Income Inequality Is There, Really? by Scott Winship

The 1% Conundrum: How Much Income Inequality Is There, Really? by Scott Winship

How Things Get Popular by Gabriel Rossman

How Things Get Popular by Gabriel Rossman

Why Invent Mohammed? by David P. Goldman

Why Invent Mohammed? by David P. Goldman

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Better Policy Through Better Information by John O. McGinnis

Better Policy Through Better Information by John O. McGinnis

Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets by Jim Manzi

Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets by Jim Manzi

The U.S. Foreign-Born Population: Trends and Selected Characteristics by William A. Kandel

The U.S. Foreign-Born Population: Trends and Selected Characteristics by William A. Kandel

Do mysterious laws link tennis rankings and earthquakes? by Jason Palmer

Do mysterious laws link tennis rankings and earthquakes? by Jason Palmer

Subways 'share universal structure', research suggests from the BBC

Subways 'share universal structure', research suggests from the BBC

Friday, May 18, 2012

What Do We Mean by 'Scientific Truth'? by Peter Ellerton

What Do We Mean by 'Scientific Truth'? by Peter Ellerton

What is it like to be a bat? by Thomas Nagel

What is it like to be a bat? by Thomas Nagel

What We Know Now About How to Be Happy by Alice G. Walton

What We Know Now About How to Be Happy by Alice G. Walton

Is Too Much Familiarity Bad For Creativity? by Sam McNerney

Is Too Much Familiarity Bad For Creativity? by Sam McNerney

Page-Turner website

Page-Turner website

The Pleasures of Being Read To by John Colapinto

The Pleasures of Being Read To by John Colapinto

Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories? by Adam Gopnik

Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories? by Adam Gopnik

Agricultural yields and the returns to schooling by Tyler Cowen

Agricultural yields and the returns to schooling by Tyler Cowen

Forget Peak Oil, Time To Worry About Peak Oil Labor from EconMatters

Forget Peak Oil, Time To Worry About Peak Oil Labor from EconMatters

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Code and Culture; Stata, Sociology and Diffusion Models website

Code and Culture; Stata, Sociology and Diffusion Models website

When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy by Gabriel Rossman

When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy by Gabriel Rossman

We Are the 99.5%: The Real Inequality Jump Is in the Top Half-Percentile

We Are the 99.5%: The Real Inequality Jump Is in the Top Half-Percentile by Scott Winship

Mitt Romney, One Night Stands, and the Economics of Relationships by Gabriel Rossman

Mitt Romney, One Night Stands, and the Economics of Relationships by Gabriel Rossman
There is No Easy Button for R&D by Jim Manzi

The 1% in Sports: Meet the World's Highest Paid Teams by Derek Thompson

The 1% in Sports: Meet the World's Highest Paid Teams by Derek Thompson

The Anxiety Economy: Why the Future of Work Will Be All About Stress by Derek Thompson

The Anxiety Economy: Why the Future of Work Will Be All About Stress by Derek Thompson

The Difference Between the U.S. and Europe in 5 (More) Graphs by Derek Thompson

The Difference Between the U.S. and Europe in 5 (More) Graphs by Derek Thompson

The Funniest Graph I've Ever Seen About Why the Euro Is Totally Doomed by Derek Thompson

The Funniest Graph I've Ever Seen About Why the Euro Is Totally Doomed by Derek Thompson

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

California and Bust by Michael Lewis

California and Bust by Michael Lewis

Influence of classic literature on writers declining, study claims by Alison Flood

Influence of classic literature on writers declining, study claims by Alison Flood

Ancient Diseases of Human Ancestors by S.E. Gould

Ancient Diseases of Human Ancestors by S.E. Gould

What I Learned About Money in My Twenties by S.L. Bathgate

What I Learned About Money in My Twenties by S.L. Bathgate

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility by Kenneth Anderson

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility by Kenneth Anderson

The New Phrenology by Andrew Ferguson

The New Phrenology by Andrew Ferguson

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

Nobel Prize Lecture by Thomas Sargent

Nobel Prize Lecture by Thomas Sargent

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

The Determinant of Earnings: Genetics, Family, and other Environments by Paul Taubman

The Determinant of Earnings: Genetics, Family, and other Environments by Paul Taubman

Bent Objects from OWNI.EU

Bent Objects from OWNI.EU

In search of the money gene from The Boston Globe

In search of the money gene from The Boston Globe

Monday, May 7, 2012

The Great Relearning by Tom Wolfe

The Great Relearning by Tom Wolfe

The Campus Tsunami by David Brooks

The Campus Tsunami by David Brooks

The Best Answer to Fanaticism - Liberalism by Bertrand Russell

The Best Answer to Fanaticism - Liberalism by Bertrand Russell

A Liberal Decalogue: Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments of Teaching by Maria Popova

A Liberal Decalogue: Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments of Teaching by Maria Popova
Brain Pickings 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

Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers by Peter Berkowitz

Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers by Peter Berkowitz

Naturally blond hair in Solomon Islanders rooted in native gene, Stanford study finds from e! Science News

Naturally blond hair in Solomon Islanders rooted in native gene, Stanford study finds from e! Science News

Eye size determined by maximum running speed in mammals from e! Science News

Eye size determined by maximum running speed in mammals from e! Science News

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Four Years of Obama Undoes Eight Years of Reagan by Tommy De Seno

Four Years of Obama Undoes Eight Years of Reagan by Tommy De Seno

Rise of the Machines: New Technology May Spell the End for NYC’s Bottom-Rung Lawyers by Chris Opfer

Rise of the Machines: New Technology May Spell the End for NYC’s Bottom-Rung Lawyers by Chris Opfer

At Last: A Gettysburg Address America Can Be Proud Of by Walter Russell Mead

At Last: A Gettysburg Address America Can Be Proud Of by Walter Russell Mead

Rogue Democrats Loot Detroit As Nation Sleeps by Walter Russell Mead

Rogue Democrats Loot Detroit As Nation Sleeps by Walter Russell Mead

Are Educators Showing a 'Positive Bias' to Minority Students? from Science Daily

Are Educators Showing a 'Positive Bias' to Minority Students? from Science Daily

Saturday, May 5, 2012

563 - Pop by Lat and Pop by Long by Frank Jacobs

563 - Pop by Lat and Pop by Long by Frank Jacobs

Five Ways to Change the System from Within by Richard Tafel

Five Ways to Change the System from Within by Richard Tafel

What Is “Real Scientific Understanding”? by Jeffrey Israel

What Is “Real Scientific Understanding”? by Jeffrey Israel

Report finds academic fraud evidence in UNC department by Dan Kane

Report finds academic fraud evidence in UNC department by Dan Kane

Diversity Training Doesn't Work by Peter Bregman

Diversity Training Doesn't Work by Peter Bregman

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

Why you should stop attending diversity training by Suzanne Lucas

Why you should stop attending diversity training by Suzanne Lucas

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

Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights by Michael B. Mukasey

Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights by Michael B. Mukasey

Friday, May 4, 2012

Why fiction is good for you by Jonathan Gottschall

Why fiction is good for you by Jonathan Gottschall

Americans Pay More in Taxes than for Food, Clothing, and Shelter Combined from the Tax Foundation

Americans Pay More in Taxes than for Food, Clothing, and Shelter Combined from the Tax Foundation

Is Automation the Handmaiden of Inequality? by Christopher Mims

Is Automation the Handmaiden of Inequality? by Christopher Mims

What Is Mine, I Keep by Sarah A. Hoyt

What Is Mine, I Keep by Sarah A. Hoyt

Gone Reading website

Gone Reading website

The Age of the Essay by Paul Graham

The Age of the Essay by Paul Graham

Classicly website

Classicly website

Less Than Words Can Say by Richard Mitchell

Less Than Words Can Say by Richard Mitchell

The True Lessons of the Recession: The West Can’t Borrow and Spend Its Way to Recovery by Raghuram Rajan

The True Lessons of the Recession: The West Can’t Borrow and Spend Its Way to Recovery by Raghuram Rajan

Destroyer and Builder review by Peter Gordon

Destroyer and Builder review by Peter Gordon

Mobbing May Day by Barbara Oakley

Mobbing May Day by Barbara Oakley

Recycling Eyeglasses Is a Feel-Good Waste of Money by Virginia Postrel

Recycling Eyeglasses Is a Feel-Good Waste of Money by Virginia Postrel

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

We No Speak Americano video

We No Speak Americano video
"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem video

Insights From the Youngest Minds by Natalie Angier

Insights From the Youngest Minds by Natalie Angier

The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy by Adam Davidson

The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy by Adam Davidson

The Reading Room website

The Reading Room website

The World As I See It by Albert Einstein

The World As I See It by Albert Einstein

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

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























Psychology and Its Discontents by Carol Tavris

Psychology and Its Discontents by Carol Tavris