* Failure of the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Could Hurt U.S. Influence in Asia. And hurt both Americans and Asians. (But wait: TPP may pass!)
* What comes after tenure? See also my discussions here and here.
* “Why the Saudis Are Going Solar:” A headline I never imagined reading. See also Solar Power to the People.
* “CA Labor Commission Has Just Killed Uber, Though It May Take Years to Bleed Out;” note particularly: “the government is making it nearly impossible to employ low-skilled labor.” That is essentially what’s happened in much of Europe.
* “Peter Thiel and thinking for yourself.”
* How Copenhagen Became A Cycling Paradise By Considering The Full Cost Of Cars.
* “On the problem of normative sociology,” which is vastly more interesting than the title suggests.
* “All the Language in the World Won’t Make a Bookshelf Exist;” see also the memoir Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work.
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