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Socialism, Capitalism Seen in New Light by Younger Americans - WSJ
Surveys of America’s youngest voters find a rising appeal of socialism, skepticism about capitalism and a more socially conscious outlook that has ... (2017)
Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market - Bloomberg
U.S. student loan debt now equals the size of the $1.3 trillion U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, presenting investors with a whole different ... (2017)
From Bezos to Walton, Big Investors Back Fund for ‘Flyover’ Start-Ups - The New York Times
The fund started by an AOL co-founder and an author has attracted a Who’s Who of American business to invest in the heartland’s entrepreneurs. “... (2017)
The Great American Single-Family Home Problem - The New York Times
Building more housing, more densely, could help address a widespread economic challenge. A fight over one lot in Berkeley, Calif., shows how tough ... (2017)
Congress Shouldn't Turn the Copyright Office Into A Copyright Court
While most people are focused on net neutrality, surveillance, and tax reform, a few legislators are quietly mulling over a different problem: copy... (2017)
Universities are also to blame for the GOP’s ‘grad student tax’ - The Washington Post
Charging us tuition, only to waive it, helps to define us as students instead of the essential workers we are. “But while we should all be calli... (2017)
American brothers - Comparing Brazil and the United States
OTHER Latin Americans think of Brazilians a bit like the rest of the world thinks of Americans: loud, flashy and rich. This is as it should be, bec... (2017)
A Brief History of Black Friday | Mental Floss
The unofficial start of the holiday shopping season is often referred to as the busiest shopping day of the year. But where did this tradition star... (2017)
Report: U.S. Spends More Per Person On Health Care Than Any Country: NPR
A new report looks at data from 184 countries. And raises the question: Does more spending lead to better health outcomes? (2017)
The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else
Bloomberg, 2017: "West Houston’s Energy Corridor was hit with a wall of water to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure. The Army Corps of Engi... (2017)
FCC plans to vote to overturn U.S. net neutrality rules in December: sources
Reuters, 2017: “The head of the Federal Communications Commission is set to unveil plans next week for a final vote to reverse a landmark 2015 net... (2017)
On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality
After my Texas-born wife and I moved to Michigan—an eleven-hour drive in the snow, during which time itself seemed to widen and flatten with the te... (2017)
Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?
The Economist, 2017: "A weaker dollar and an energy boom are pushing up pay... "In 2015 median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 5... (2017)
Budweiser's ex-marketing chief: Weed is the new craft beer
"A poll says 64% of the U.S. population now wants to lift the federal ban on marijuana. The former chief marketing officer for Anheuser-Busch In... (2017)
The end of the housing supply debate (maybe)
The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices. Slowly, the rhetorical battle is being won, as affordable ho... (2017)
US government approves 'killer' mosquitoes to fight disease
Nature Magazine, 2017: "US Environmental Protection Agency will allow release of insects in 20 states and Washington DC. The US Environmental P... (2017)
To Understand the Benefits of Tax Reform, Start by Understanding Apple's Taxes
Fortune, 2017: "Tax reform: America's biggest foreign earner could pay more under GOP plans. based on Apple’s financials for FY 2016 (ended i... (2017)
The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal Could Have Killed Instacart. Instead, The Startup Is Stronger Than Ever
Forbes, 2017: "When his top rival bought his largest customer, Instacart's Apoorva Mehta cheered. It turns out he wasn't crazy. (2017)
Small towns seek to preserve football
Washington Post, 2017: "As populations shrink and safety concerns mount, a truncated version of the game is better than the alternative. As the g... (2017)
Retail apocalypse - Wikipedia
The retail apocalypse refers to the closing of a large number of American retail stores beginning in 2016.[5] Over 4,000 physical stores are affect... (2017)
America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning
Bloomberg, 2017: "The spillover from retailer debt will flow far and wide across the economy. The reason isn’t as simple as Amazon.com Inc. tak... (2017)
Growing homeless camps contrast with West Coast tech wealth
SEATTLE (AP) - Housing prices are soaring here thanks to the tech industry, but the boom comes with a consequence: A surge in homelessness marked b... (2017)
What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die?
For older, inner-ring suburbs in the Northeast and Midwest, the best hope often lies in merging with the city... Merger with the central city is an... (2017)
When are Citi Bikes Faster than Taxis in New York City?
Over 50% of peak hour taxi trips would be faster as Citi Bike rides, and taxis are only getting slower (2017)
The Great College Loan Swindle
Rolling Stone, 2017: “How universities, banks and the government turned student debt into America's next financial black hole... Parents, not w... (2017)
Six Myths About Choosing a College Major
New York Times, 2017: “Not all philosophy majors wind up as baristas, and not all engineers get rich. Here’s what you need to know before making t... (2017)
University of Chicago: 'We Do Not Support Trigger Warnings'
Time Magazine, 2016: "The school believes they prevent the 'free exchange of ideas' In a letter, the incoming class at the University of Chicag... (2017)
Dean for graduate education to take leave, start new university - The Tech
Professor Christine Ortiz is stepping down from her post as dean for graduate education to found a new residential research university. “The goal... (2017)
MIT Dean Takes Leave to Start New University Without Lectures or Classrooms
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016: "hristine Ortiz is taking a leave from her prestigious post as a professor and dean at the Massachusetts Inst... (2016)
College has been oversold
Marginal REVOLUTION, 2013: "Here, drawn from my new e-book, Launching the Innovation Renaissance (published by TED) is part of a section on colle... (2011)
Why is Black Friday Called Black Friday?
When did Black Friday start, and why do we dislike it so much? Good Mythical Morning Episode 209! SUBSCRIBE for daily episodes: http://bit.ly/subrl... (2017)
Halloween History | National Geographic
Halloween isn't just costumes and candy; it's a cultural holiday rich in tradition | National Geographic: Nat... (2017)
Equifax: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight, 2017: "John Oliver discusses the massive impact of the cybersecurity breach at Equifax and their massively misguided attempts to m... (2017)
Welcome to Silicon Valley
Published on Jun 5, 2015 We want to bring you behind the scenes, show you what really happens in Silicon Valley’s backstage and give you the insid... (2017)
Why all world maps are wrong
Vox: Published on Dec 2, 2016 Making accurate world maps is mathematically impossible. (2017)
Two Minutes on Why Net Neutrality is Terrible - Mark Cuban Explains
Published on Feb 25, 2015. Mark Cuban tells Glenn Beck why net neutrality is terrible - and have unintended consequences you may not even be thinki... (2017)
Explaining Net Neutrality Is Easier On A Giant Roller Coaster
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Published on Jun 15, 2016. Net neutrality is hard talk about on a late night show. Stephen makes it easier to... (2017)
Why Net Neutrality Matters (And What You Can Do To Help)
College Humor: Why Net Neutrality Matters (And What You Can Do To Help) (2017)
Vimeo: Why we need net neutrality
The FCC is planning to repeal the strong net neutrality rules that we fought so hard to get in 2015. Why do we care? Vimeo is the home to so many m... (2017)
Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Part2: Published on May 7, 2017 Equal access to online information is once again under serious threat. John Oliver encourages internet commenters ... (2017)
Net Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Published on Jun 1, 2014 Cable companies are trying to create an unequal playing field for internet speeds, but they're doing it so boringly that ... (2017)
Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon
During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make ... (2024)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada
On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)
Memory chips: How Micron is Building the Biggest U.S. Chip Fab
Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are responsible for making 90% of the world’s DRAM memory chips, and Micron is the only one based in the U.S. That’s m... (2023)
Why West Virginia is so Poor
Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)
Solar panel canopies: How to fight climate change with parking lots
Why haven’t we covered them in solar panels? (2023)
The new land rush in Wyoming
Teton County in Wyoming is home to the widest income divide in America, with a median house price of more than $5 million and an average income of ... (2023)
The movement to shrink Oregon and expand Idaho
In a state dominated by progressive politics, some residents in rural Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains want to move the border so that their co... (2023)
Why America's Biggest Cities Are Littered With Vacant Lots | WSJ
From New York to Austin, America’s biggest cities are littered with vacant plots of land because property tax bills can skyrocket once vacant lots ... (2023)
The Battle for Las Vegas
The Battle for Las Vegas (2023)
The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in WWII
Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)
Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary)
Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)
NATO - Summary on a Map
The history of NATO on maps, from the end of World War II, until the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.--------Support the channel on Patreon: https://... (2023)
Why didn't Puerto Rico become a US State? (Short Animated Documentary)
Many of America's 19th century territorial acquisitions became formal states in the 20th century but one notable exception is Puerto Rico. So why d... (2023)
Why did Russia sell Alaska to America? (Short Animated Documentary)
Why did Russia sell Alaska to America? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)
Amtrack - Why Train Tickets Cost So Much In America
Taking a train in the U.S. is often more expensive than flying and more expensive than intercity train systems in other developed countries, which ... (2022)
The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System
The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)
America’s opioid crisis - How the Mexican cartels are making profits now - The Economist
Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)
The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains
Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)
Social media's threat to democracy
The Economist, 2017: “Twitter, Facebook and Google were supposed to improve politics. Instead, from Russian meddling in America's election to polit... (2017)
Ghosts of Football Past
In anticipation of Super Bowl LII (Go Eagles), we're revisiting an old episode about the surprising history of how the game came to be. It's the en... (2023)
The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Capitalisn't on Spotify. We’re taking a week off here at the end of the summer, but with Biden’s recent student loan an... (2022)
America's Truck Driver Crisis Is Complicated - 1A | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 1A on Spotify. Truck driving in America remains in crisis. There are 80,000 fewer drivers on the road than needed, acco... (2022)
Market forces at Christmas tree auctions : Planet Money : NPR
Nick and Robert head to the world's largest Christmas tree auction with $1,000 and a truck. And get schooled in the tree market. | Subscribe to our... (2021)
Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point
President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)
What Happened The One Time the U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt : Planet Money : NPR
There was one time the U.S. federal government stopped borrowing and paid off every penny of national debt. It did not end well… (2021)
How Washington Now Works - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. On Tuesday, the United States Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure bill — the largest sin... (2021)
The Federal Reserve is thinking about a digital dollar - Marketplace
Plus, what shoe sales are telling us about the economic recovery, President Joe Biden is asking federal agencies to gauge the financial risk of cli... (2021)
Work V. Wealth: Capital Gains Tax, Explained | On Point
The capital gains tax. The Biden administration wants to raise it. But why is capital taxed less than work to begin with? (2021)
Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Broken Toaster : NPR
Goodwill Has A Trash Problem. We're The Cause. "Wish-cyclers" are donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill. (2021)
The Supreme Court may disenfranchise you now - Vox | Today Explained Podcast
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Pandemic or not, the highest court in the land won’t extend Wisconsin’s deadline for m... (2020)
Houston Astros - Sign Stealing - 99% Invisible Roman Mars | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the g... (2020)
Economic Consequences Of The Census - The Indicator from Planet Money
Listen to this episode from The Indicator from Planet Money on Spotify. The coronavirus pandemic, distrust of the government, and a surprising poli... (2020)
The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money
The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)
The case for ending the filibuster - Vox
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Even if Democrats win the White House, take the Senate, and hold the House, most of their ... (2020)
Millions of Americans face stigma of moving back in with their parents
As the financial crisis deepens, many adults are moving back home. But the trend started before the pandemic. (2020)
Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters
Researchers say one of the operation's goals was to steer left-leaning voters away from the Biden-Harris campaign ahead of the November election. (2020)
Real Estate in a Pandemic: Homeowners and Buyers (Part 1) - a16z
This episode is the first in a two-part series that examines the pandemic’s impact on real estate. Part 1 focuses on prospective home buyers, selle... (2020)
Podcast - Section 230 CDA: Content Moderation, Free Speech, the Internet - Andreessen Horowitz
Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. In this special "3x" episode of our news show -- where we cover the he... (2020)
Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package
Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavi... (2020)
Banks Took Billions In Fees To Process Small Business Loans Amid Pandemic Crisis
Banks handling the government's $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of sm... (2020)
Paul Riley: Launch of U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy Was Unnecessary
Three-time NWSL champion head coach Paul Riley didn't mince words in a recent interview when discussing the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy. (2020)
For Many, Issue Of Logging In America's Largest National Forest Cuts Deep - NPR
The world's largest intact temperate rainforest is in a place you may not expect: southeast Alaska. The Trump administration wants to eliminate a l... (2019)
Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)
Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)
On Beeing - 99% Invisible
Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)
The Battle to Control the Murdoch Media Empire - The New York Times
Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets have helped destabilize democracy on three continents. The power struggle among his children has world-changing cons... (2019)
What Does Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The U.S.A.' Really Mean? : NPR
It's not enough to say the Bruce Springsteen hit is misunderstood. Its contrasts — between grim verses and a joyous chorus, damning facts and fierc... (2019)
a16z Podcast: The Infrastructure of Total Health – Andreessen Horowitz
Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a $73 billion non-profit health organization that provides healthcare and coverage w... (2018)
National Sword - 99% Invisible
Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)
Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World by Robert D. Kaplan
Earning the Rockies book. Read 238 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. An incisive portrait of the American landscape that show... (2020)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy book. Read 25,407 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powe... (2020)
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, Kai-Fu Lee, eBook - Amazon.com
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order - Kindle edition by Kai-Fu Lee. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, ... (2019)
This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas
This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)
Common Core - National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, by Nicholas Tampio The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most contr... (2017)
Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org
"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)
The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup
American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)
Free Speech Rankings - universities USA - College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and RealClearEducation have released the first ever College Free Speech Rankings, a c... (2021)
The 1619 Project Curriculum
The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)
Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor
Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)
Forecasting the US 2020 elections
Right now, our model thinks Joe Biden is likely to beat Donald Trump in the electoral college (2020)
IHME - COVID-19 Projections (state by state)
Explore hospital bed use, need for intensive care beds, and ventilator use due to COVID-19 based on projected deaths (2020)
Human-Centered Computing BS Degree at RIT
HCC is about leveraging technology, exploring and adapting how people access and interact with it. Finding ways to integrate technology with our ev... (2019)
Poverty, and the cost of college
The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)
Hidden ivies - list of top liberal arts colleges in the USA - Google Sheets
liberal arts schools - beyond the Ivy League Claremont McKenna college,Claremont,California,private liberal arts college in Claremont, Californi... (2019)
US Education Review - Google Slides - 2019 - Union Square Ventures
US Education in 2019 May 2019 (2019)
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shareChunksSpreadsheet - google spreadsheet (2019)