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Timur Kuran: The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691147566/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691147566&linkCode=as2&tag=brde-20&linkId=7UT6Y7L2IHQLVMPJ
Paul Krugman: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/the-european-scene
Noah Smith: "5 Questions About the 'Victory' of the Right: 5. Did the Left Win the Economics Debate Over 1900s-1930s, and since then Left and Right Have Been Haggling Over Details?" http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/5-questions-for-nick-rowe-about-victory.html
Emily Badger: "Uber and Lyft have become so popular so quickly in large part because they've filled a big gap in the urban transportation market. The smartphone-enabled ride services have offered more predictability than cabs, faster travel than transit, and fewer hassles--no parking, for one--than personal cars..." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/19/how-uber-and-lyft-have-exploited-long-waits-slow-travel-and-poor-service-to-crack-open-transportation
Jamelle Bouie: Robert E. Lee Day http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/01/robert_e_lee_day_some_southern_states_still_celebrate_the_confederate_general.html
Lauren Davis: [He Went In For A Tune-Up And Came Out With A Full Cerebral Upgrade http://io9.com/he-went-in-for-a-tune-up-and-came-out-with-a-full-cereb-1680477995?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+io9/full+(io9)