Why can't we have nice things?

Maglev train reaches 500 kph without much shaking - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Online classes really do work, according to study

Online classes really do work, according to study

Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades - Bloomberg

Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades - Bloomberg

Property: Land of opportunity - FT.com

Property: Land of opportunity - FT.com

Harvard Names Investment Chief as Yale Reports 20% Return - NYTimes.com

Harvard Names Investment Chief as Yale Reports 20% Return - NYTimes.com

Having It and Flaunting It - NYTimes.com

Having It and Flaunting It - NYTimes.com

Five errors that immediately get your resume rejected at Google - Quartz

For google, but true at all companies



Five errors that immediately get your resume rejected at Google - Quartz

Why Hedge With a Hedge Fund? - Bloomberg View

Why Hedge With a Hedge Fund? - Bloomberg View

U.S., Arab Allies Launch Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets in Syria - WSJ

U.S., Arab Allies Launch Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets in Syria - WSJ

Barbara Oakley: Repetitive Work in Math? That's Good - WSJ

Barbara Oakley: Repetitive Work in Math? That's Good - WSJ

“How do you do it all?” | The Incidental Economist

“How do you do it all?” | The Incidental Economist

Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions - WSJ

Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions - WSJ

Norway the Slow Way - NYTimes.com

Norway the Slow Way - NYTimes.com

The secret world of the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise kings - Magazine - The Boston Globe

The secret world of the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise kings - Magazine - The Boston Globe

The Pope Just Released A List of 10 Tips for Becoming a Happier Person and They Are Spot On |

The Pope Just Released A List of 10 Tips for Becoming a Happier Person and They Are Spot On |

High-Frequency Firm Found Clever Way to Save on Capital - Bloomberg View

High-Frequency Firm Found Clever Way to Save on Capital - Bloomberg View

27 maps that explain the crisis in Iraq | vox.com

27 maps that explain the crisis in Iraq | vox.com

Eight Lessons From Our First Year

Eight Lessons From Our First Year

Why Pensions Went Away: A Theory - At Work - WSJ

Why Pensions Went Away: A Theory - At Work - WSJ

Calpers Shows Masters of Hedge-Fund Universe Have No Clothes -- Heard on the Street - WSJ

Calpers Shows Masters of Hedge-Fund Universe Have No Clothes -- Heard on the Street - WSJ

Calpers Has Lost Interest in Hedge Funds - Bloomberg View

Calpers Has Lost Interest in Hedge Funds - Bloomberg View

Banks Turn Cash Into Mortgages and Back Into Cash - Bloomberg View

Banks Turn Cash Into Mortgages and Back Into Cash - Bloomberg View

Supply Of New iPhone 6 Has Landed In Chicago � CBS Chicago

Supply Of New iPhone 6 Has Landed In Chicago � CBS Chicago

Calpers ditches hedge funds | FT Alphaville

Calpers ditches hedge funds | FT Alphaville

Why frustated second sons and medieval Anglo-Scottish border violence (partly) explain US healthcare costs | FT Alphaville

Why frustated second sons and medieval Anglo-Scottish border violence (partly) explain US healthcare costs | FT Alphaville

Life Atop Ground Zero — The Message — Medium

Life Atop Ground Zero — The Message — Medium

Barack, We Hardly Knew Ye | Zero Hedge

Barack, We Hardly Knew Ye | Zero Hedge

MaxSpeak, You Listen!

MaxSpeak, You Listen!

Success Academy, 'The New York Times Magazine' and Public Education�|�Diane Ravitch

Success Academy, 'The New York Times Magazine' and Public Education�|�Diane Ravitch

Why Flunking Exams Is Actually a Good Thing - NYTimes.com

Why Flunking Exams Is Actually a Good Thing - NYTimes.com

Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard’s School of Public Health $350 Million - NYTimes.com

Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard’s School of Public Health $350 Million - NYTimes.com

Praise feels good, but negativity is stronger – Jacob Burak – Aeon

Praise feels good, but negativity is stronger – Jacob Burak – Aeon

Harvard, Ivy League Should Judge Students by Standardized Tests | New Republic

Harvard, Ivy League Should Judge Students by Standardized Tests | New Republic

Howard Marks' Take on Risk and Reward - Barron's

Howard Marks' Take on Risk and Reward - Barron's

Risk

Howard Marks on risk.



http://www.oaktreecapital.com/MemoTree/Risk%20Revisited.pdf

Cuts at W.H.O. Hurt Response to Ebola Crisis - NYTimes.com

Cuts at W.H.O. Hurt Response to Ebola Crisis - NYTimes.com

What Eric Cantor Will Really Do on Wall Street -- NYMag

What Eric Cantor Will Really Do on Wall Street -- NYMag

High Health Plan Deductibles Weigh Down More Employees - NYTimes.com

People like free stuff. What does she expect for 34 a month?



High Health Plan Deductibles Weigh Down More Employees - NYTimes.com

The .Plan: A Quasi-Blog: Confessions of a college essay ghostwriter for rich Chinese applicants

The .Plan: A Quasi-Blog: Confessions of a college essay ghostwriter for rich Chinese applicants

Monday Smackdown: DeLong Self-Smackdown: The "Greeks" (Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality...)

Monday Smackdown: DeLong Self-Smackdown: The "Greeks" (Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality...)

IS back in business - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

IS back in business - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

On Labor Day, a call for courage - The Washington Post

On Labor Day, a call for courage - The Washington Post

More Workers Are Claiming ‘Wage Theft’ - NYTimes.com

Legal system replaces unions in fight for worker rights.

More Workers Are Claiming ‘Wage Theft’ - NYTimes.com

Decaying Guant�namo Defies Closing Plans - NYTimes.com

Decaying Guant�namo Defies Closing Plans - NYTimes.com