Must Read
- Brad DeLong, The Strange Case of American Inequality
- Jared Bernstein, Narrowing the Income Gap Without Another Bust. A chart from his post showing comparative indicators for recovery from the Great Recession, 2009-2013:
Should Read
- NY Times, Millions Gaining Health Coverage Under Law
- Scott Lemieux, No, Obamacare Wasn’t a “Republican” Proposal
- NY Times, Behind the Scenes, Kerry Makes a Pact on Climate a Priority
- PBS NewsHour, Nobel Laureate Bob Shiller on Why the Fed Can’t Say There’s a Housing Bubble
Economics
- Dean Baker, Jamie Dimon Says American Businesses Suffer from Skills Gap at the Top Levels
- Paul Krugman, Disinformation on Inequality
- Jared Bernstein, A Quick Thought on the Expiration of Long-Term UI
- Dean Baker, Stock Prices and Future Returns
Science and Technology
- Kira Peikoff, I Had My DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results
- NY Times, Solar Power Craze on Wall St. Propels Start-Up
- NY Times, Spared Winter Freeze, Florida’s Mangroves Are Marching North
- NY Times, Killing With Kindness
- EcoWatch, New Study Exposes Flood of Dark Money Feeding Climate Change Denial
- FAA, FAA Selects Six Sites for Unmanned Aircraft Research
- Wired.com, 10 Awesome Things We Learned About Saturn in 2013
- SkySat-1 Imagery & Video Gallery
- Boston.com, Gloucester, Rockport work to preserve giant lens
Health Care
- Dean Baker, For Employer Provided Insurance the Healthy Already Subsidize the Sick
- Sarah Kliff, What 2014 Means for Obamacare
- NY Times, Access to Health Care May Increase ER Visits, Study Suggests
- Aaron Carroll, More emergency room visits isn’t necessarily bad
Defense
- NY Times, U.S. Military Ship Readied for Mission to Destroy Syria’s Chemical Weapons
- Defense News, DoD to Shrink JIEDDO, Realign ISR Task Force
- Military.com, ISR Task Force’s Murky Future Gets Clearer
Math and Statistics
- Andrew Gelman, Handy statistical lexicon
- Andreas Buja and Hans Künsch, A Conversation with Peter Huber
- Andreas Bartels et al., Compressed Sensing in Imaging Mass Spectrometry
Education
Social Commentary
- Josh Barro, Here’s Why I Don’t Sweat The Haters
- Jon Grinspan, Anxious Youth, Then and Now