Global Poll on Anti-Semitism

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579551974194329920

Map: Every Country's Highest Valued Export

http://www.businessinsider.com/every-countrys-highest-valued-export-2014-5

Should the US Turn to Canada for Help?

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-canada-is-prospering-and-america-isn-t-150359533.html

Heat and Violence

http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/10/1/33.abstract

Map: Shale Deposits

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-shale-deposits-2014-5#!JwFSs

Hook-Up Truck

The food truck of sex...
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/05/01/hook-up-truck-rolls-out-in-bay-area/

Reminder of How Vulnerable Humans Are

And how vulnerable Earth is...

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

"Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth's atmosphere between 2000 and 2013."

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html

Three is the Right Number for Persuasion

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/fashion/Three-Persuasion-The-Power-of-Three.html

What Restaurants do Liberals and Conservatives Favor?

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/05/02/liberals-eat-here-conservatives-eat-there/

How Not to be Misled by the Jobs Report

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/upshot/how-not-to-be-misled-by-the-jobs-report.html

Should GPI Replace GDP?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_progress_indicator

Why the Rich Now Have Less Leisure Time Than the Poor

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21600989-why-rich-now-have-less-leisure-poor-nice-work-if-you-can-get-out?fsrc=nlw|hig|4-16-2014|8329786|36582858|

How Much Money You Have to Make to be in the 1%

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-income-you-need-to-be-in-the-1-2014-5#!IPoX8

9 Basics of American Commerce

http://www.businessinsider.com/basic-facts-about-the-american-economy-2014-5

General Public Has Virtually No Influence on Policy

Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens
http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf

Compensatory vs. Punitive Damages

"Generally speaking, punitive damages that are more than nine times greater than compensatory damages should be viewed skeptically, the Supreme Court has ruled."


http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702303910404579489921055493540

Travel Dilemma: Stick to Familiar or Try Something New?

From Dan Ariely...
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303603904579493523329125720?KEYWORDS=superstitions&mg=reno64-wsj

The Most Abnormal States in America

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-least-average-states-in-america-2014-4

How to Tell if Your Avocado is Ripe

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-check-for-ripe-avocado-2013-7

Video: Tour of British Isles by Accent

http://thechive.com/2014/04/04/a-tour-of-the-british-isles-in-accents-video/

How Much Can You Make Working at a Hedge Fund

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-people-make-at-hedge-funds-2014-4

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