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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires - Salon.com
Title is wrong. This is how Obamacare backfires. If it succeeds, it could mean the end of Medicare and Social Security.
Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires - Salon.com
Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires - Salon.com
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Quartz: There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t
http://qz.com/139453
"I'm just not a math person." We hear it all the time. And we've had enough. Because we believe that the idea of "math people" is the most self-destructive idea in America today. The truth is, you probably are a math person, and by thinking otherwise, you are possibly hamstringing your own career. Worse, you […]
Mark O'Friel
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"I'm just not a math person." We hear it all the time. And we've had enough. Because we believe that the idea of "math people" is the most self-destructive idea in America today. The truth is, you probably are a math person, and by thinking otherwise, you are possibly hamstringing your own career. Worse, you […]
Mark O'Friel
C: 914-907-7144
O: 617-903-0251
F : 419-710-3449
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Alan Greenspan | Why I Didn’t See The Financial Crisis Coming | Foreign Affairs
Alan Greenspan discovers behavioral finance.
Alan Greenspan | Why I Didn’t See The Financial Crisis Coming | Foreign Affairs
Alan Greenspan | Why I Didn’t See The Financial Crisis Coming | Foreign Affairs
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
As Drug Costs Rise, Bending the Law Is One Remedy - NYTimes.com
Law was written by Big Pharma. What other industries allow companies to create import barriers?
As Drug Costs Rise, Bending the Law Is One Remedy - NYTimes.com
As Drug Costs Rise, Bending the Law Is One Remedy - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Robert Shiller won a Nobel by acknowledging economic absurdity - The Washington Post
Robert Shiller won a Nobel by acknowledging economic absurdity - The Washington Post:
"When I look around, I see a great deal of foolishness, and I can’t believe it’s not important economically"
"When I look around, I see a great deal of foolishness, and I can’t believe it’s not important economically"
Saturday, October 19, 2013
U.S. Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas - NYTimes.com
Why can they not just stay home and rest? Why must they seek new missions?
"the United States military out of Iraq and pulling out of Afghanistan, the Army is looking for new missions around the world."
U.S. Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas - NYTimes.com:
"the United States military out of Iraq and pulling out of Afghanistan, the Army is looking for new missions around the world."
U.S. Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas - NYTimes.com:
Friday, October 18, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Michael Gerson: Conservatism meets Occupy Wall Street - The Washington Post
Shorter Micheal Gerson: Republicans have lost their minds.
Michael Gerson: Conservatism meets Occupy Wall Street - The Washington Post
Michael Gerson: Conservatism meets Occupy Wall Street - The Washington Post
Monday, October 14, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Revisiting “Moneyball” with Paul DePodesta - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilus
DePodesta was one of those who first brought statistical analysis to baseball. As Kuhn describes in the history of scientific revolutions, this was a change in the paradigm. Everyone had been doing scouting the same way before. After DePodesta, sports scouting methods have radically changed. It is interesting, fun and profitable to be part of an industry at that fluxuation point.
Revisiting “Moneyball” with Paul DePodesta - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilus
Revisiting “Moneyball” with Paul DePodesta - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilus
Friday, October 11, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Five policies for effective teaching
Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City:
" five policies suggested by qualitative research—frequent teacher feedback, the use of data to guide instruction, high-dosage tutoring, increased instructional time, and high expectations— explains approximately 45 percent of the variation in school effectiveness."
" five policies suggested by qualitative research—frequent teacher feedback, the use of data to guide instruction, high-dosage tutoring, increased instructional time, and high expectations— explains approximately 45 percent of the variation in school effectiveness."
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
New Corporate Tax Shelter: A Merger Abroad - NYTimes.com
How corporations freeload off US taxpayers, part 103.
New Corporate Tax Shelter: A Merger Abroad - NYTimes.com
New Corporate Tax Shelter: A Merger Abroad - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
In Conversation With Antonin Scalia -- New York Magazine
Supreme Court justice gets most of his news from talk radio. Scary
In Conversation With Antonin Scalia -- New York Magazine
Monday, October 07, 2013
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Friday, October 04, 2013
Time to Ditch the Yale Endowment Model� - Bloomberg
My lesson: the Yale model only works if you are Yale.
Time to Ditch the Yale Endowment Model� - Bloomberg
Time to Ditch the Yale Endowment Model� - Bloomberg
Leave Boehner Alone!
Personalities and relationships sometimes matter more than policies.
If you want to get stuff done, maintain good relationships.
Leave Boehner Alone!
If you want to get stuff done, maintain good relationships.
Leave Boehner Alone!
Thursday, October 03, 2013
If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People - Mehran Mehregany - Harvard Business Review
And if you want to be an innovator, invest in yourself.
If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People - Mehran Mehregany - Harvard Business Review
If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People - Mehran Mehregany - Harvard Business Review
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law - NYTimes.com
Republican government leaves behind the poor and unlucky. Never has it been as clear as now.
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law - NYTimes.com
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law - NYTimes.com
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Unintentional Gerrymandering: Political Geography and Electoral Bias in Legislatures | owenzidar
Gerrymandering is inevitable and not some right wing conspiracy.
Unintentional Gerrymandering: Political Geography and Electoral Bias in Legislatures | owenzidar
Unintentional Gerrymandering: Political Geography and Electoral Bias in Legislatures | owenzidar