Must Read
- Paul Krugman, Cheap Climate Protection
- Eli Rabett, The WAIS and Resilience
- Robert Kuttner, Reparations and the Subprime Meltdown in the Era of Obama
Should Read
- GooBing Detroit (in particular, check the entry which shows the evolution of selected blocks from 2009 through 2013)
- Colby Buzzell, Thank You for Being Expendable
- Jack Healy, After 5 Months of Sales, Colorado Sees the Downside of a Legal High
- WBUR, Why Women Don’t Study Engineering — And What 1 Mass. College Is Doing About It
- Carey Goldberg, Tick Season: Scary New Stats And Five Smart Tips (Spray Your Shoes)
Obamacare, Politics of
- Dylan Scott, The Toughest Questions The GOP Should Have To Answer On Obamacare
- Joe Sonka, Mitch McConnell doubles down on lie that Kynect is unconnected to Obamacare
Environment
- Justin Gillis, A Price Tag on Carbon as a Climate Rescue Plan
Science
Politics
- Ezra Klein, Obama’s management problem
- Mike Konczal, The New Conservative Reformers Still Don’t Have a Plan for Wall Street
- Dave Johnson, Let’s Stop Searching for a ‘Messiah’ and Build a Movement
- POGO, Amid Pentagon Spending Frenzy, House Passes a Few Sensible Amendments to NDAA
Economics
- Dean Baker, Contrary to What You Read in the Washington Post, House Sales Have Recovered
- William Dudley, What Kind of Jobs Have Been Created During the Recovery? (emphasis mine)
While there’s been a good number of both higher-skill and lower-skill jobs created in the region during the recovery, opportunities for middle-skilled workers have continued to shrink. I believe it is important for us to highlight these job trends and to understand their implications for our region [Note: New York, Northern New Jersey, and Puerto Rico]. There have been significant and long-lasting changes to the nature of work. As a result, many middle-skilled workers displaced during the recession are likely to find that their old jobs will never come back. Furthermore, workers are increasingly facing higher skill requirements in order to land a good job. These dynamics in the labor market present a host of challenges for the region to address.
Gentrification
- Sarah Kendzior, The peril of hipster economics