The Triumph of the City
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The Triumph of the City
From the 4th annual Boston Book Festival, panelists, including Edward Glaeser, author of The Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, discuss the city of Boston. Other panelists include Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Councilor, and Barbara Berke, senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. The panel was moderated by Bob Oakes, host of WBUR’s Morning Edition.
My Reading List
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Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
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Workers at a 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina have complained of
defective manufacturing, debris left on planes and pressure to not report
violations.
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What’s a FSEOG?
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned mentoring a high school student (check
out iMentor), it’s that money matters. Getting into college isn’t enough.
Paying f...
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"The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield..."
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Mueller has referred questions of conspiracy and obstruction of justice to
Congress. The natural response is that Congress now needs to open an
inquiry. It...
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Judge says Flint residents can sue EPA over 5-year water crisis and its ‘heinous impact’
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Residents of Flint, Michigan, can sue the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) over its handling of the city’s drinking water crisis, which has been
ongoi...
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Data Driven Parenting
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A leading economist helps you dig through the empirical evidence on
parenting, and the result is essential reading.
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3 fixes for Netflix’s “What to watch?” problem
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Wasting time every night debating with yourself or your partner about what
to watch on Netflix is a drag. It burns people’s time and good will, robs
great ...
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Saturday's Best Deals: Anker Charging Gear, Samsung TV, 4/20 Sales, and More
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A $399 Samsung TV, a huge sale on Anker charging products, a keyboard that
charges itself with light, and several CBD and vaping deals for 4/20 lead
off ...
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Pint-size Harbeth P3ESR Anniversary flabbergasts with high-end sound - CNET
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The Harbeth P3ESR 40th Anniversary speaker is a force to be reckoned with
and will suit audiophiles who like to listen to music up close.
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How social learning made us hugely successful as a species
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- What distinguishes humans is social learning — and teaching.
- Crucial to learning and teaching is the value of free expression.
- And we nee...
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He Stopped a Global Cyberattack. Now He’s Pleading Guilty to Writing Malware.
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Marcus Hutchins, a British security researcher credited with halting a huge
outbreak of ransom software in 2017, accepted United States charges over
previo...
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Catch Up Before Endgame With a Huge Sale On Marvel Movies
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With this era of Marvel movies about to be bookended by *Avengers: Endgame*,
you may be feeling nostalgic about the earlier films in the canon. So if
the...
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Schedule for Week of April 21, 2019
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The key reports this week are the advance estimate of Q1 GDP, and March New
and Existing Home Sales.
For manufacturing, the April Richmond and Kansas City ...
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Hundreds sign online petition supporting woman suing JD.com CEO in rape case
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Hundreds of people have added their names to an online petition in support
of a University of Minnesota student who said she was raped last August by
Richa...
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How these savvy 'Jeopardy!' champions use statistics and game theory to walk away with millions
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[image: This image made from video aired on]Associated Press
- James Holzhauer, the current reigning "Jeopardy!" champion, is currently
on an 11-d...
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In Case You Missed It…
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This week at CBPP, we focused on health, housing, state budgets and taxes,
and the economy.
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How do you hire a great growth marketer?
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Editors Note: This article is part of a series that explores the world of
growth marketing for founders.
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Seven Sales Enablement Strategies To Help Your Reps Close More Deals
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Regardless of what you’re selling, you’ll want your team to have the tools,
training and resources they need to do their jobs effectively.
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Links (4/18/19)
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The Captain Swing Riots; Workers and Threshing Machines in the 1830s - Tim
Taylor Shocks and labour cost adjustment – Bank Underground US Firms Are
Less Dy...
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More updates on our actions related to the safety of minors on YouTube
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Dear Creators,
We know that many of you have been closely following the actions we’re
taking to protect young people on YouTube and are as deeply concerned...
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Bifurcar 'blockchain': universos paralelos de cadenas ingobernables
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Los usuarios de Nano han demandado a sus desarrolladores por una pérdida de
criptomonedas valorada en 150 millones de euros. Si prospera, estarían
obligado...
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The Blog Moves On
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But the show goes on.
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The US Treasury’s missed opportunity
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The US Treasury recently published the first in a series of reports
designed to implement the seven core principles for regulating the US
financial system ...
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The 'Only' Profession to 'Celebrate What It Means to Live a Life'
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In another strange sign of the mounting culture wars, Viola Davis’s
emotional Oscars tribute to artists has become political fodder.
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'Diamond' Joe Gutnick dealing until the end
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Joe Gutnick was still wheeling and dealing in the days leading up to his
bankruptcy.
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The search for the best middle-class tax cut
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Say you want to help struggling middle-class families by cutting their
taxes. Say you want to figure out an actually helpful plan to do that, and
not just ...
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Jilly Cooper hits out at 'fatal' impact of local government cuts to libraries
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Cooper, who has an OBE for services to literature, has attacked David
Cameron for allowing more than 350 libraries to close across Britain
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IBM buys Ustream: is it a workforce communication play?
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IBM has added Ustream to a long list of video technology company
acquisitions in the recent past -- like Clearleap acquired last month --
buying the stream...
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Book Expo America, BookCon, Detroit Public TV Video
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Tweets about #BookCon2015 OR #BEA15
*Date: Fri May, 29 2015 11:00 AM CDT — Sun May, 31 2015 3:00 PM CDT*
*Detroit Public TV will bring live inside the boo...
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