Where Have All the Lobbyists Gone?

http://www.thenation.com/article/178460/shadow-lobbying-complex#

What Do Women Want on the Dance Floor?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/24/what-women-want-on-the-dance-floor-according-to-science/

48 Psychological Facts You Should Know About Yourself

http://www.businessinsider.com/psychological-facts-2014-3#1-theres-a-reason-why-you-cant-resist-paying-attention-to-food-sex-or-danger-1

Business Schools Get Low Marks from CEOs

Why not to get an MBA:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702303287804579447403696412982

10 Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy

http://www.policymic.com/articles/71255/10-corporations-control-almost-everything-you-buy-this-chart-shows-how

Lessons on Conformity & Investing

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303426304579405072785847580

The Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6172/747.abstract?sid=3a8a4e24-47e8-45c8-bbf8-23c1f6d246f5


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/science/tracing-ancestry-team-produces-genetic-atlas-of-human-mixing-events.html?_r=0

Americans Wate 31% of Their Food

http://www.thepacker.com/fruit-vegetable-news/USDA-estimates-retail-and-consumer-food-waste-246964951.html

Korean "Food Porn" - Mokbang

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579359592178568668?mod=WSJ_Ahed_AutomatedTypes&mg=reno64-wsj

How a Presidential Phone Call Gets Made

http://news.yahoo.com/how-the-president-makes-a-phone-call-212133128.html

Economics of the Sex Trade

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/us/in-depth-report-details-economics-of-sex-trade.html?_r=0

Do Economic Sanctions Work?

Tyler Cowen on Daniel Drezner on economic sanctions.


http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/03/do-economic-sanctions-work.html

President's Pay

How much should a college president make compared to the worker who cleans his office?  According to a proposal put forward by students and faculty at St. Mary's College, the answer is: No more than 10 times as much.


Basing a president's pay off the cleaning crew's
by Lilian Cunningham and Jena McGregor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/02/20/st-marys-college-considers-basing-presidents-salary-off-that-of-cleaning-staff/

Indian Headshakes

What do they mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj56IPJOqWE

Study on the Effect of Sanctions

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2014.878112#.Uw9p5c5-Dct

Forbes CLEWI

Forbes' Cost of Living Extremely Well Index (CLEWI):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottdecarlo/2013/09/18/cost-of-living-extremely-well-index-the-price-of-the-good-life/

Best Times to Fly

Buy a flight before or between these dates...


http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/seaney/2014/02/12/cheapest-days-to-fly-in-2014/5401149/

Cool Map: Shale Plays in the US

http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf

Stock Pullbacks

5% market declines occur three times per year on average.

-Heard on Nightly Business Report (NBR) on Feb. 3, 2014 (according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

A Glossary of "Inside the Beltway" Vocabulary

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/08/opinion/sunday/ben-schott-washington-words.html?gwh=8D519760F4AB862491463D100D424BC2&gwt=pay

How Many American Men are Gay?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/how-many-american-men-are-gay.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Japanese People Eat 80% of Bluefin Tuna

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/bluefin-tuna-tokyo-auction

World's 85 Richest = As Wealthy as Poorest 3 Billion

From Oxfam...


http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-worlds-85-richest-people-are-as-wealthy-as-the-poorest-3-billion/283206/

Amazing Surf Video Shot from Drone and GoPro

http://www.businessinsider.com/gopro-drone-surf-video-2014-1

Trends That Will Define the World for Decades

http://www.businessinsider.com/business-insider-global-20-2014-2014-1#4-china-opens-up-16


and


40 Charts That Explain the World
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/15/40-charts-that-explain-the-world/?hpid=z3

Couples Without Children Have Happier Marriage?

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/01/14/study-couples-without-children-have-happier-marriages/

The Global War on Religion

http://news.yahoo.com/religious-groups-face-increased-hostility-worldwide-report-150713420.html

Map: There are 2 Latin Americas

This article has a map showing the countries touching the Pacific Ocean as embracing free markets and all the others touching the Atlantic as favoring state controls.


The Two Latin Americas
by David Luhnow
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303370904579296352951436072

Turkey Legs - The New Hot Food Trend?

Turkey Legs Conquer Land of Mouse Ears
by Brooks Barnes
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/business/media/disneys-newest-star-turkey-leg-wins-hearts-and-stomachs.html?_r=0

Origin of Almost Every Jewish Last Name

http://www.businessinsider.com/origins-of-popular-jewish-surnames-2014-1

Stock Picking Advice from Head of Harvard's Endowment

"Take the long-term view" was the best advice I ever received. If you take the long-term view, you will see things others miss. Nearly everyone thinks about next month, next quarter. Jack Meyer, who ran [the] Harvard endowment for 15 years, taught me that when you think about multiple years or even decades you see opportunities to create value others might not see, and you make different judgments today as a result.


The Best Financial Advice I Ever Got (or Gave)
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702304244904579276963442898436

US Politics Not Gridlocked?

No, It Only Looks Like Gridlock
by Tyler Cowen
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/business/dont-mistake-this-for-gridlock.html?_r=0

Dilbert's Scott Adams of Happiness

Happiness = Health + Freedom


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/read-this-if-you-want-to-be-happy-in-2014/2014/01/02/d96370f0-7192-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html

On Value Line and Stock Picking

The Man Who Beat the Market - and Why He's Bullish Now
by Mark Hulbert
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702304244904579278390206935848


also:


This article mentions the classic economic paper from 1980 by J. Scott Armstrong titled "The Seer-Sucker Theory: The Value of Experts in Forecasting."


Value of Stock 'Experts' Is Up for Debate
by Spencer Jakab
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702303640604579296661592902306

The Levy Walk

Study: When Hunger Strikes, Humans Walk a Predictable Path
by Meeri Kim
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hunter-gatherer-humans-join-insects-sharks-and-other-animals-in-doing-the-levy-walk/2013/12/28/c807769a-6fde-11e3-a523-fe73f0ff6b8d_story.html