In Praise of Public Libraries
Why libraries are popular today, and how they have helped me (with two Internet incidents)
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Catalonia and Spain Enter Dangerous Uncharted Territory
Some initial reactions to Catalonia’s declaration of independence and Madrid’s initiation of direct rule.
Read more...Freelancing Isn’t Feminist—It’s Badly Negotiated Wage Labor for $5 an Hour
Freelancers get exploited, and women freelancers even more so.
Read more...Ilargi: Is Capitalism Dead or Merely Dying?
None other than New Zealand’s prime minister has issued a blistering critique of capitalism. Can it be saved from itself?
Read more...Measuring Racial Segregation in Urban Consumption Using Online Activity
We use restaurant reviews posted to Yelp to study segregation of consumption along racial and ethnic lines in New York City
Read more...Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
On the role of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Read more...Can Theatre Change Your Mind?
The potential and the limits of theatre and other art forms to combat confirmation bias.
Read more...Brexit Was a Cry of Financial Pain and Not the Influence of the Old
A new analysis of why voters decided for or against Brexit.
Read more...The Case of the Spitting Legionnaire
How the “spitting on our veterans” meme is a remarkable and complete inversion of the facts.
Read more...An Irrational Choice: Behavioural Economist wins Nobel Prize
A round–up of reactions to behavioral economist Richard Thaler’s selection for the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics.
Read more...Catalonia Anxious and Divided on Eve of Rajoy’s Deadline for Independence Answer
Nail-baiting in Catalonia on the eve of Rajoy’s demand for a response…..
Read more...The Empire Comes Home Counterinsurgency, Policing, and the Militarization of America’s Cities
American society is embracing its inner empire. Eventually, its long reach may come for us all.
Read more...Tim O’Reilly: It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Our Economy
The economy game is enormously fun for far too few players and an increasingly miserable experience for many others.
Read more...Does Catalonia Have a Right to Secede?
Why the question of secession for Catalonia, or Scotland, or Quebec, isn’t easy to decide, practically and morally.
Read more...On the Cost of Gun Ownership
Economists debate guns.
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