The Norwegian/Swedish writer finishes his mini-saga in the New York Times Magazine. A nice excerpt starts with language difficulties in Michigan, which remind him of his
The Chinese government is outraged after the Dalai Lama suggested he might not reincarnate. “Decision-making power over the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and over the
Post-modern political science The Monkey Cage blog at WashPo is hiring a managing editor What’s your average flight delay, by airport and airline? A whole
“If you read one thing about microfinance, read this“ How happy are academic economists? The case for changing our time zone Thank you to @misologie for
From Tyler Cowen, it will help you climb the government or NGO bureaucracy, sends good signals to the job market, and you will actually learn
I’m working through a number of different theories about why “House of Cards” is so profoundly wrong about American politics while still being a rather entertaining
He said the person that most challenged his capacity for empathy was Donald Rumsfeld. He’s confident right now! He doesn’t have to wait 100 or
Alex Tabarrok dissects the incredible Department of Justice Report on Ferguson. Truly astonishing things: $321 in fines and fees and 3 warrants per household, a parking
There are two types of schedule, which I’ll call the manager’s schedule and the maker’s schedule. The manager’s schedule is for bosses. It’s embodied in
Possibly the best pie chart ever: The article is at Bloomberg News, and the hat tip goes to @_cingraham. The short answer is that Democratic lawmakers apparently
I asked Todd Moss for a (more or less) politically authentic thriller, and he recommended David Igantius’ Body of Lies. The thought of returning to
3ie has been analyzing the universe of rigorous impact evaluations on peacebuilding and conflict, to identify gaps. They’ll present results Thursday in NYC, and invitation/RSVP
How to be efficient and, as usual, all the other links fro David McKenzie Median wealth in the USA? $134k if white, $11k if black. Facebook makes you envious
According to Wikidpedia, “An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of the person’s
Do wronged and outraged people displace their revenge against innocent third parties? Yes, but it depends on how similar the third parties are to the
In the conventional story, development is a field dominated by “modernizers,” whose hubristic efforts result in catastrophic consequences for those they were designed to benefit:
Or so I am told by WhichFamousEconomistAreYouMostSimilarTo.com, which scores you using the same questions asked to the minds interviewed by the IGM Economic Experts Panel. A
Retold as the story of the three little pigs. Says the perfect Spacey-sounding wolf: “Some people say there’s too much pork in this town —
More often than not I suggest novels and nonfiction. But the average book I read has pictures and comes with a 2- and 4-year old on
Note: Each show has been rated on four criteria — each on a scale of 1 to 10. The first is accuracy (do they get
