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Weaving together insights from history, economics, sociology, and philosophy, The Permanent Problem offers a synoptic overview of our fateful present moment and a provocative glimpse at what may lie ahead.

Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for a coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to give blood for $25 than to donate it for free. Americans hire the cheap labor of illegal immigrants to fix the roof or mow the lawn and vote for politicians who promise to spend billions to keep them out of the country.

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In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city and find that none explain the regional variation observed across the country.

¿Qué tienen en común el ex futbolista inglés David Beckham con el Club Bolívar de La Paz? ¿Y Bolivia, uno de los países más pobres de América Latina, con el fondo de inversión en tecnología más potente del mundo? Las respuestas a estos interrogantes, las podrás escuchar en Marcelo…We Have a Problem, un podcast sobre la increíble historia de Marcelo Claure, el emprendedor picante al que no podes dejar de conocer. Claure es un encantador de billetes, un tipo que es mitad goleador y mitad ataja penales. En esta serie de ocho episodios recorrerás el camino que lo llevó a ...

In this essential and timely book, behavioral scientists Sanders and Hume demonstrate the astonishing reach of our social networks, and why we need to reclaim their power to effect positive change in our professional and private lives. The rise of social media has sent our social instincts into overdrive, and the impact of our networks has never been greater. But what if we could reclaim the positive power that influences our decisions, to behave better and be happier?