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By Adam Rifkin

 

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Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the United States?

The Least Expensive Homes in the Most Expensive Zip Codes

Data Geeks Are Taking Over Economics

Why so many men ages of 25 to 54 are not working

Money, Happiness and the New Science of Smarter Spending by New Republic

Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, But Can Learn From

Are Rotisserie Chickens a Bargain?

Freakonomics economist Steven Levitt asked people to flip coins to make big life decisions. Those who made a major change were happier.

SF Bay Area Restaurants: Dinner, Disrupted, by the New York Times

The Deadly Global War for Sand

A Rower, A Podcast And A Chance For Olympic Glory

The Campaign to Make You Eat Kimchi

The High Priests of Marijuana Fitness

The concert you want to go to is sold out because a ticket scalper bought all the tickets and is now re-selling them at 5 times the price.

Why Does a Tire Company Publish the Michelin Guide?

Why Did San Francisco Schools Stop Teaching Algebra in Middle School?

The Precarious Reign of the Honeycrisp Apple

The Lemon Index: Which Cars Have the Highest Maintenance Costs?

Chile is generating so much solar energy that it's giving it away for free.

What is the Internet’s Favorite Book?

How Long Do You Take for Lunch Breaks

Where Is Yoga Most Popular in the United States?

A guy just transcribed 30 years of for rent ads in SF. Here's what it taught us about housing prices, by Michael Andersen...

Megacities, not nations, are the world’s dominant, enduring social structures...

Say “Hello” to the Era of the One-Word Song Title

Which Generation is Most Distracted by Their Phones?

Which Professions Bike to Work?

How the Panama Canal Got Its Groove Back

How a Basket on Wheels Revolutionized Grocery Shopping

The Invention of the ‘Type A’ Personality

Why Is the Heart Symbol so Anatomically Incorrect?

The Tragic Data Behind Selfie Fatalities

Is 'Pink = Girly' a Myth?

How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain

The Altruism Gender Gap in America

How Does Prison Gerrymandering Work?

The First Quantified Brain

The Soaring Price of Vintage Ferraris

Does It Pay to be Beautiful?

The Invention of the Wah-Wah Pedal

One Tweet Shows What Silicon Valley Really Thinks of the People It's Crushing

7 Things You Might Believe About Money That Are Totally Untrue

Life as a Professional Pumpkin Carver

Is Your Hangover Hurting the Economy?

The Economics of Male Birth Control

Should You Ever Use a Pie Chart?

DARE: The Anti-Drug Program That Never Actually Worked

Why Aren’t America’s Shipping Ports Automated?

The Case for More Traffic Roundabouts

The Man Who Got No Whammies

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