Drop in Total Value of U.S. Housing: Illustrating the Financial Crisis

CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Drop in Total Value of U.S. Housing: Illustrating the Financial Crisis

7 equations to build a secure retirement - MarketWatch

7 equations to build a secure retirement - MarketWatch

The Causes Of Death - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

The Causes Of Death - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

On Bubbles, Facebook, and Playing for Keeps: 10 Questions With Clay Shirky | Wired Business | Wired.com

On Bubbles, Facebook, and Playing for Keeps: 10 Questions With Clay Shirky | Wired Business | Wired.com

11 facts about the Affordable Care Act

11 facts about the Affordable Care Act

Romney’s Personal Touch Pays Off With Donors - NYTimes.com

Romney’s Personal Touch Pays Off With Donors - NYTimes.com:

Why Wall Street likes Romney:  He knows how to suck up to them.

 “I didn’t look or talk to him any differently than a guy coming in here pitching me on a start-up company,” Mr. Langone said. “They are exactly the same. I am investing in a person.”

Microsoft's Research Scientists Finally Solved Why Scammers Say They're From Nigeria - Business Insider

Microsoft's Research Scientists Finally Solved Why Scammers Say They're From Nigeria - Business Insider

Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend -

Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend - Economic View - NYTimes.com

Ezra Klein responds.

Bodybuilders Flinch at Google’s Venice Beach Incursion

Classic NYT. Interesting story with conflicts. Ironic ending.

Bodybuilders Flinch at Google’s Venice Beach Incursion - NYTimes.com

Guest Review by Aaron Swartz: Chris Hayes’ The Twilight of The Elites — Crooked Timber

Guest Review by Aaron Swartz: Chris Hayes’ The Twilight of The Elites — Crooked Timber

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Changing Face of Empire | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Changing Face of Empire | TomDispatch

The Judgment of Princeton - Blind Taste / Robin Goldstein

The Judgment of Princeton - Blind Taste / Robin Goldstein

Post-New Deal America Needs Unions

Post-New Deal America Needs Unions

Steven Strogatz on the Elements of Math - Series - The New York Times

Steven Strogatz on the Elements of Math - Series - The New York Times

Watergate 40 Years Later - The Lessons of Watergate Do Not Belong to Us - Esquire

Watergate 40 Years Later - The Lessons of Watergate Do Not Belong to Us - Esquire

Synthenomics: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Forward Guidance and QE

Written by a rising college freshman. 


Synthenomics: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Forward Guidance and QE

Failure Is an Option

Another good review of Acemoglu's "Why Nation's Fail".



James Kwak for Democracy Journal: Failure Is an Option

"The Price of Inequality"

"The Price of Inequality" by Joseph E. Stiglitz | Project Syndicate

Karl Storchmann reports from the front: French wines vs. Jersey wines

NJ?

Karl Storchmann reports from the front: French wines vs. Jersey wines — Marginal Revolution

What happens if America loses its unions

It is not just globalization that caused the decline in wages. It is the policy response to globalization.

What happens if America loses its unions - The Washington Post

Vanity, All Is Vanity.

Vanity, All Is Vanity. David Brooks Gets One Thing Right. | Angry Bear - Financial and Economic Commentary

Persistent Obesity Fuels Soda Ban by Bloomberg

“If I eat cheeseburgers and fries, I’m going to get dehydrated and that little cup is not enough,” said Jessica Torres, 22, a mother of two.

Persistent Obesity Fuels Soda Ban by Bloomberg - NYTimes.com:

Plenty to Hide

Plenty to Hide

Noahpinion: College is mostly about human capital, not signaling

Noahpinion: College is mostly about human capital, not signaling

Eisenhower takes command

Eisenhower takes command — History.com This Day in History — 6/25/1942

Pool

Mental Health Break - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

Who Killed American Unions? - The Atlantic

Business - Derek Thompson - Who Killed American Unions? - The Atlantic

The last days of MF Global

The last days of MF Global - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blog Term Sheet

The State and Local Drag on the Recovery

A feature (according to Repubs) not a bug. This is the chart that Obama was referring to when he said that the private sector was doing just fine. Garbled, but understandable. Instead it will become a bumper sticker against him.

Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | The State and Local Drag on the Recovery

Bear in a China Shop: The Growth of the Chinese Economy

Bear in a China Shop: The Growth of the Chinese Economy | Brookings Institution

Boston Review — Michael J. Sandel: When Markets Crowd Out Morals

Giving, especially attentive giving, can be an expression of [love]. On the expressive account, a good gift not only aims to please, in the sense of satisfying the consumer preferences of the recipient. It also engages and connects with the recipient in a way that reflects a certain intimacy.

 Some gifts are expressive of relationships that engage, challenge, and reinterpret our identities. This is because friendship is about more than being useful to one another. It is also about growing in character and self-knowledge in the company of others. To monetize all forms of giving among friends can corrupt friendship by suffusing it with utilitarian norms.

Boston Review — Michael J. Sandel: When Markets Crowd Out Morals:

Purchasing power parity: Return of the Mac

One can derive an awful lot of insight from a burger.

Purchasing power parity: Return of the Mac | The Economist:

Life expectancy is a population metric

Public health initiatives matter: the case of NYC


Life expectancy is a population metric | The Incidental Economist

The fortunate 400

The fortunate 400: David Cay Johnston | Reuters

Why were we obsessed with flying cars?

Where is my flying car?

Why were we obsessed with flying cars? — Marginal Revolution

The Art of Letting Go - Tony Schwartz

Know when to hold em. Know when to fold em.


The Art of Letting Go - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review

Sketchnoting Thinking Fast & Slow |

Sketchnoting Thinking Fast & Slow | The Big Picture

Union decline and rising inequality in two charts

Union decline and rising inequality in two charts | Economic Policy Institute

Panic has become all too rational

Panic has become all too rational - FT.com

Educating Thomas Friedman on the Economy

Good prescriptions, as always, from Dean Baker.

Educating Thomas Friedman on the Economy | Beat the Press

Atul Gawande: Failure and Rescue :

Atul Gawande: Failure and Rescue : The New Yorker

Extortion Politics

Extortion Politics

What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life -

Giving undivided attention is the first and most basic ingredient in any relationship. It is impossible to communicate, much less bond, with someone who can't or won't focus on you. At the same time, we often fail to realize how what we focus on comes to control our thoughts, our actions, and indeed, our very lives.


What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life - Kare Anderson - Harvard Business Review

Michael Sandel: 'We need to reason about how to value our bodies, human dignity, teaching and learning' | Books | The Guardian

Michael Sandel: 'We need to reason about how to value our bodies, human dignity, teaching and learning' | Books | The Guardian

What if the headline CPI rose 5.5% over the next 15 months?

The FED is violating the law.

TheMoneyIllusion � What if the headline CPI rose 5.5% over the next 15 months?

Seriously, Romney Isn't a Moderate

Know what you are voting for.

Seriously, Romney Isn't a Moderate

Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day Look | The Big Picture

Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day Look | The Big Picture

More on Crony Capitalism

How corporate socialism destroys | David Cay Johnston

Florida Versus Spain

Short, brilliant comparison of two monetary unions.

Florida Versus Spain - NYTimes.com