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Joshua Tree's gentrification
Nov 20, 2012
Author Rubén Martínez discusses our relationship with the desert and why we keep returning to it.
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Mapping the future of the European Union
Nov 6, 2012
Geographer Harm de Blij on the destiny of an unstable union.
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'MAD' men: 60 years of spoofing the advertising industry
Oct 29, 2012
MAD Magazine editor-in-chief John Ficarra reflects on 60 years of parodying advertising.
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How superheroes deal with personal finance
Oct 19, 2012
Everyone has to worry about personal finance, even superheroes. What financial worries and risks do they face -- from taxes to emergency funds and everything in between?
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Interview: Paul Volcker on why U.S. presidents still call on the former Fed chief
Oct 15, 2012
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and his biographer Bill Silber sit down for an interview on the economy, financial regulation, and why U.S. presidents still call on the former Fed chief.
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Netflix knows you in ways you can't even imagine
Oct 15, 2012
It knows when you pause a movie. It knows which actors you hate. And it knows how much you like that cheery red interface. The algorithms and customer experience that have made Netflix such a success.
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The problem with statistical models and forecasting
Sep 27, 2012
Author Nate Silver discusses why he believes that numbers are part of the challenge in painting a clear picture of the American economy.
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Americans are 'deadbeats' about paying off debts
Sep 10, 2012
Scott Reynolds Nelson argues in his new book, "A Nation of Deadbeats," that Americans' deadbeat nature has been the cause of many of the country's economic crisis.
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Recovering from job loss
Aug 23, 2012
Author DW Gibson on what he learned traveling across the country talking with the unemployed for his new book, "Not Working," and one of the book's subjects, Bridgette Lacy, discusses what it's like to be jobless.
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Exploring the 'Beautiful Ruins' of the American Dream
Aug 17, 2012
In his new book, novelist Jess Walter crosses the globe and four decades, digging into the American Dream and what it means to succeed -- and fail -- in love and work.
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